Why do other blk people always say I sound white? I only have the accent based on where I lived...

All black people do not sound the same. There is a subset of black people who speak and act a certain way. This subset has been popularized by media. Mostly they are entertainer types. People are people. Groups of people may share many common traits or none. Generalizations are nearly impossible and mostly meaningless. You do you. You’re a person. Not a colour.

PhoenixPhail · M

There's nothing you NEED to do about it. Whatever problem people have with your voice, or any [i]other[/i] part of you, [i]is their problem. [/i]

Just keep being who you are. You're perfect that way. 😊

DunningKruger · 61-69, M

Be who you are. If that means speaking with the voice that has grown with you, do that. If you feel like you want to change your voice, then you could pursue speech training. But please don't feel that you have to change or hide away because of other people's opinions. You are valuable just the way you are.

JamesBugman · 56-60, T

Be yourself, be proud of who you are, be an original. Nothing at all wrong with you. The people that put this on you are the problem because they have limited minds and are easily swayed.
Don't even spend one more second thinking about it, just be you.
You do not need lessons to talk down like they do.

JSmith75 · 46-50, M

No speak as you speak

Lexiluv · 26-30, F

First of all, nice name. 😉

Second, um absolutely yes. Practice the colloquialisms of your roots. Talk to more black folk. Being able to do both is best.

WillaKissing · 56-60

Since you put this under a "Dating and Relationships" heading.

Let me expound on the topic of speech and the woman's ethnicity. I would never date an attractive black lady that spoke improper English and sounded ghetto or street and the same would go for an attractive white woman. But an attractive intelligent spoken and sounding black woman I would in a heartbeat. It has nothing to do with ethnicity to me, but all about proper speech and ethics.

Justice4All · 36-40, M

I've noticed that Black people in Texas tend to speak with a more proper and higher pitch compared to other Black people across the nation. My cousin from Dallas has a dialect resembling that of a Caucasian woman. If they think you "sound white," they should hear the black people in Wyoming, Iowa and Nebraska.

WillaKissing · 56-60

I think you are fine the way you are. I love properly and politely spoken women whether they are black or white. A politely spoken women is the sexiest type of woman.

If a person or a group of people have issue with how you speak it is not a negative thing against you, but them in my eyes.

StevetheSleeve · 31-35, M

I don’t think people have as much of a problem with that as they do a white girl who speaks like a black girl

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Do you mean you got one or two negative comments attacking you personally? Please don't worry about them, these are always there. Please keep doing what you love and posting YouTube and vlogs and try to pay more attention to the positive comments instead

Why do other blk people always say I sound white? I only have the accent based on where I lived most of my life.