Title: Acting white
Description: A history of the slanderous phrase "acting white" demonstrates the backlash against successful, well-mannered, or well-educated African Americans while tracing the history of the insult's usage from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to Bill Cosby's controversial NAACP speech in 2004.
Subjects: Race relations, Whites, Communication, Invective, Attitudes, Psychological aspects, African Americans, Social interaction, White people, United states, race relations, Blacks, education, Blacks, united states
Places: United States