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'''Basic Trope''': A character (usually white) acts like another race, usually African-American.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character (usually white) acts like a stereotype of another race, usually African-American.



** Alice acts like as though she was a model in a hip hop music video [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt adored by black rappers]].

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** Alice acts like as though she was a model in a hip hop music video [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt adored by black rappers]].rappers.
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** Related to Justified #1, Bob is [[WhiteGangbangers a member of]] [[GangBangers a primarily black street gang]] and has picked up some of their dialect.
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** LaTonya, a black girl, acts like a ValleyGirl.

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** LaTonya, [=LaTonya=], a black girl, acts like a ValleyGirl.
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** Alice, a black girl, acts like a ValleyGirl.

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** Alice, LaTonya, a black girl, acts like a ValleyGirl.

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** Bob wears a chain, backwards cap, saggy pants, and [[PissTakeRap spits some rhymes]] that could possibly make him a hip hop artist one day.

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** Bob wears a chain, backwards backward cap, saggy pants, and [[PissTakeRap spits some rhymes]] that could possibly make him a hip hop artist one day.



** Bob is a white guy from northen Europe who dress and acts like [[ForeignCultureFetish an aboriginal African]].
* '''Downplayed''': Bob acts like his normal race while still showing his friends he has street cred.

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** Bob is a white guy from northen Europe who dress dresses and acts like [[ForeignCultureFetish an aboriginal African]].
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob acts like his normal race while still showing his friends he has street cred.cred.
** Bob listens to rap and occasionally speaks in slang, but not obnoxiously so.



** Bob hangs out with black people sometime his life and was influenced by their culture.

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** Bob hangs out with black people sometime sometimes his life and was influenced by their culture.



** Alice wears a backwards cap and a chain and acts like she's from the 'hood.

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** Alice wears a backwards backward cap and a chain and acts like she's from the 'hood.
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** Bob is a white guy from northen Europe who dress and acts like [[ForeignCultureFetish an aboriginal african]].

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** Bob is a white guy from northen Europe who dress and acts like [[ForeignCultureFetish an aboriginal african]].African]].
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** Bob is a white guy who dress and acts like an aboriginal african.

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** Bob is a white guy from northen Europe who dress and acts like [[ForeignCultureFetish an aboriginal african.african]].
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** Bob is a white guy who dress and acts like an aboriginal african.
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** Bob is trying hard to be cool by copying edgy rappers.

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* '''Justified''': Bob hangs out with black people sometime his life and was influenced by their culture.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob hangs out with black people sometime his life and was influenced by their culture.



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob's behavior ends up in an identity crisis while butting heads with others over this.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob's behavior ends up in an identity crisis crisis, all while constantly butting heads with others over this.
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** Bob was adopted by a black person or people as a very young child or baby and was raised and surrounded by the culture.


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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob's behavior ends up in an identity crisis while butting heads with others over this.
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'''Basic Trope''': A caucasian character acts like another race, usually African-American.

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'''Basic Trope''': A caucasian character (usually white) acts like another race, usually African-American.



* '''Defied''': Bob acts like his own race so that others won't see him as foolish.

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* '''Defied''': Bob acts like his own race refuses to act black so that others won't see him as foolish.think that he's mocking black people.



* '''Conversed''': "It's no wonder a lot of black people are offended of Bob acting like a gangster."

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* '''Conversed''': "It's no wonder a lot of black people are offended of "Does anyone think that having Bob acting like a gangster.gangster rapper is a way to insult African-Americans."
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** {{Black And Nerdy}}
** {{The Whitest Black Guy}}

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** {{Black And Nerdy}}
BlackAndNerdy
** {{The Whitest Black Guy}}TheWhitestBlackGuy



** Alice, a white girl, acts like a {{Sassy Black Woman}}.

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** Alice, a white girl, acts like a {{Sassy Black Woman}}.SassyBlackWoman.



* '''Conversed''': "It's no wonder a lot of black people want to cancel this show because of Bob acting like a gangster."
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's continuation of acting black has made him a pariah to both the Caucasian and African-American races, [[EtTuBrute especially his own friends who are white]]. [[FromBadToWorse It's even worse when a group of black thugs who were easily offended by his imitations are plotting to murder him]].

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* '''Conversed''': "It's no wonder a lot of black people want to cancel this show because are offended of Bob acting like a gangster."
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's continuation of acting black has made him a pariah to both the Caucasian and African-American races, [[EtTuBrute especially his own friends who are white]]. [[FromBadToWorse It's even worse when a group of black thugs who were easily offended by his imitations are plotting to murder him]]. white.
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** Bob, a black guy, acts like a {{Metalhead}}.
** {{Black And Nerdy}}.

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** Bob, a black guy, acts like a {{Metalhead}}.
** {{Black And Nerdy}}.Nerdy}}
** {{The Whitest Black Guy}}

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* '''Lampshaded''':
** "Someone has been listening to too much gangsta rap songs."

* '''Invoked''': One day, Bob was tired of following the expectations of his caucasian heritage, so...

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* '''Lampshaded''':
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'''Lampshaded''': "Someone has been listening to too much gangsta rap songs."

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* '''Invoked''': One day, Bob was tired of following living up the expectations of his caucasian heritage, so...



* '''Conversed''': "What do you think the MoralGuardians will say about this?"

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* '''Conversed''': "What do you think the MoralGuardians will say about this?""It's no wonder a lot of black people want to cancel this show because of Bob acting like a gangster."



* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob acts like a rapper cutting the most corniest lyrics ever known to mankind. Cue the wrath of an angry mob.



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* '''Lampshaded''':
-->'''Charlie''': "Someone has been listening to too much gangsta rap songs."

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* '''Lampshaded''':
-->'''Charlie''':
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"Someone has been listening to too much gangsta rap songs.""



* '''Discussed''':
-->'''Charlie''': "Bob is like a wannabe Music/{{Eminem}}."
* '''Conversed''': "What's up with white people acting black these days?"

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* '''Discussed''':
-->'''Charlie''': "Bob is like a wannabe Music/{{Eminem}}."
* '''Conversed''':
'''Discussed''': "What's up with white people acting black these days?"days?"
* '''Conversed''': "What do you think the MoralGuardians will say about this?"



* '''Reconstructed''': But then Bob realizes that there are some people who respect his "street cred", and it's not just black people, but also those who are the same way he is.

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* '''Reconstructed''': But then Bob realizes that there are some people who respect his "street cred", and it's not just black people, but also those other white people who are the same way he is.
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** Bob is white and is a walking black stereotype.
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* '''Subverted''': It were to seem that Bob was acting black, but then [[BecomingTheMask it becomes legit]].
* '''Double Subverted''': ...At least when he's not around his white friends.

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* '''Subverted''': It were to seem that Bob was acting black, but then [[BecomingTheMask it becomes legit]].
he talks and behaves normally.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...At at least when he's not around his white friends.



* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's continuation of acting black has made him a pariah to both the Caucasian and African-American races, [[EtTuBrute especially his own friends]]. [[FromBadToWorse It's even worse when a group of black thugs who were easily offended by his imitations are plotting to murder him]].

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's continuation of acting black has made him a pariah to both the Caucasian and African-American races, [[EtTuBrute especially his own friends]].friends who are white]]. [[FromBadToWorse It's even worse when a group of black thugs who were easily offended by his imitations are plotting to murder him]].
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* '''Subverted''': It were to seem that Bob was acting black, but then [[BecomingTheMask it becomes legit]]

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* '''Subverted''': It were to seem that Bob was acting black, but then [[BecomingTheMask it becomes legit]]legit]].

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* '''Subverted''': Bob's friends calls him out of acting like another race, so Bob took heed to their advice and acts normal.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...That was a facade. He finds his black friends and give each one of them a bro fist.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob's friends calls him out of It were to seem that Bob was acting like another race, so Bob took heed to their advice and acts normal.
black, but then [[BecomingTheMask it becomes legit]]
* '''Double Subverted''': ...That was a facade. He finds At least when he's not around his black friends and give each one of them a bro fist.white friends.



* '''Defied''':
-->'''Bob''': "I would feel like a moron acting like another race. I'm gonna be my own person."

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* '''Defied''':
-->'''Bob''': "I would feel
'''Defied''': Bob acts like a moron acting like another race. I'm gonna be my his own person."race so that others won't see him as foolish.



* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's continuation of acting black has made him a pariah to both the Caucasian and African-American races, [[EtTuBrute especially his own friends]]. [[FromBadToWorse It's even worse when a group of black thugs who were easily offended by his imitations are plotting to murder him]].
* '''Reconstructed''': But then Bob realizes that there are some people who respect his "street cred", and it's not just black people, but also those who are the same way he is.



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* '''Invoked''':

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* '''Invoked''': One day, Bob was tired of following the expectations of his caucasian heritage, so...
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** Alice and Bob have a battle rap in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.

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** Alice and Bob have a battle rap in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.contest to determine who is the whitest person to act black.



-->'''Charlie''': "Someone has been listening to to much gangsta rap songs."

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-->'''Charlie''': "Someone has been listening to to too much gangsta rap songs."
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** Alice, a black girl, acts like a ValleyGirl.
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* '''Subverted''':
* '''Double Subverted''':

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* '''Subverted''':
'''Subverted''': Bob's friends calls him out of acting like another race, so Bob took heed to their advice and acts normal.
* '''Double Subverted''':Subverted''': ...That was a facade. He finds his black friends and give each one of them a bro fist.



* '''Invoked''':

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* '''Invoked''':'''Invoked''':

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** Alice acts like as though she was a model in a hip hop music videos [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt adored by black rappers]].

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** Alice acts like as though she was a model in a hip hop music videos video [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt adored by black rappers]].



* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob are in a rap video where Bob is a gangsta rapper and Alice is one of his hoes.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Alice and Bob are in a rap video where Bob is a gangsta rapper and Alice is one of his hoes.hoes.
** Alice and Bob have a battle rap in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The creator of the series was influenced by the black culture, so he decides to create a work about white people acting black.



-->'''Alice''': "Someone has been listening to to much gangsta rap songs."

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-->'''Alice''': -->'''Charlie''': "Someone has been listening to to much gangsta rap songs."



* '''Exploited''':

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* '''Exploited''': ???



* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':

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* '''Discussed''':
'''Discussed''':
-->'''Charlie''': "Bob is like a wannabe Music/{{Eminem}}."
* '''Conversed''':'''Conversed''': "What's up with white people acting black these days?"
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'''Basic Trope''': A caucasian character acts like another race, usually African-American.
*'''Straight''': Bob, a white guy, wears a chain, puts his cap backwards and acts like a black person.
*'''Exaggerated''':
** Bob wears a chain, backwards cap, saggy pants, and [[PissTakeRap spits some rhymes]] that could possibly make him a hip hop artist one day.
** Bob is a nerd who acts so black that he puts many {{Soul Brotha}}s to shame.
** Bob acts like a violent gangsta rapper repeatedly using the [[NWordPrivileges N-word]].
*'''Downplayed''': Bob acts like his normal race while still showing his friends he has street cred.
*'''Justified''': Bob hangs out with black people sometime his life and was influenced by their culture.
*'''Inverted''':
** Bob, a black guy, acts like a {{Metalhead}}.
** {{Black And Nerdy}}.
*'''Gender Inverted''':
** Alice, a white girl, acts like a {{Sassy Black Woman}}.
** Alice acts like as though she was a model in a hip hop music videos [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt adored by black rappers]].
** Alice wears a backwards cap and a chain and acts like she's from the 'hood.
*'''Subverted''':
*'''Double Subverted''':
*'''Parodied''': Alice and Bob are in a rap video where Bob is a gangsta rapper and Alice is one of his hoes.
*'''Zig Zagged''': ???
*'''Averted''': Bob doesn't act like another race.
*'''Enforced''': ???
*'''Lampshaded''':
-->'''Alice''': "Someone has been listening to to much gangsta rap songs."
*'''Invoked''':
*'''Exploited''':
*'''Defied''':
-->'''Bob''': "I would feel like a moron acting like another race. I'm gonna be my own person."
*'''Discussed''':
*'''Conversed''':
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Yo, what up, dawg! Da Troper in da buildin', bruh. Here's da link to PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy, my [[NWordPrivileges nigga]]!
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