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>Why is "acting white" absent in mostly black schools?
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>That's easy, said Fryer, who is African American. He recalled
>his own experience growing up and attending predominantly
>black schools in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Dallas. "We didn't
>act white -- we didn't know what that was," he said, stressing
>that he prefers data to anecdote. "There were no white kids
>around."


Nobody ever told me I was acting white b/c I got good grades. I was just "smart."