http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ActingWhite Posts tagged with 'ActingWhite' at MetaFilter. Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:15:51 -0800 Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:15:51 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/37754/The%2DActing%2DWhite%2DMyth <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/magazine/12ACTING.html?th">The 'Acting White' Myth.</a> When smart black kids try hard and do well, they are picked on by their less successful peers for 'acting white.' But it isn't true. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37754 Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:15:51 -0800 ActingWhite Black education myths NewYorkTimes NYTimes OppositionalPeerCulture peers prejudice race RacialIdentity sociology success White Lisa S