Along with academic success, it listed more than a dozen other types of behavior that the students considered "acting white."

They may even deliberately reject certain behaviors seen as "acting white".

Not all scholars define acting white in the same way.

Why should all Americans act white and straight?

These students often teased one another for being or acting white.

In school, some black children taunt others for "acting white" if they study, get good marks and speak standard English.

'I'll get you a pass to the show,' was all he wrote in it; and me, I'm fool enough to think he's acting white.

"I was the one accusing other people of acting white," he said.

So where does the idea of the burden of "acting white" come from?