| I hope this doesn't offend... I'm not trying to make any critical statements.
I'm curious about the types of peer pressure felt by young black boys and girls... from early years of grade school throughout highschool and college.
There's a lot of culture that is distinctively black. The image of the "gansta," is portrayed and primarily propogated through rap music videos which are watched and emulated mostly by black youth. Some white people choose this style / attitude but not many. The point is that you see most black people in america that are into this style, gangsta or "thugged out" which leads to my question: Is there peer pressure to adopt these styles, to "act black" over other styles which appear to be more white?
Is there peer pressure to not act white?
I know I've also seen a lot of sophisticated young black men and women that are wearing nice clothes and have an aura of intelligence and poise. Is this seen as selling out?
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