| has gloss | eng: Acting white is a pejorative term usually applied to African-Americans, although also within other non-white Latinos or Hispanics, which refers to a person's perceived betrayal of their culture by assuming the social expectations of white society. The question of whether or not acting white attitudes really exist has been debated back and forth in academic literature. The 2008 election of Barack Obama as President of the United States created a public discussion that the acting white attitude may be waning. |
