Black men who choose to pursue higher education are always stigmatized as “acting white”, most of the scrutiny comes from other blacks. As a culture this idiotic notion that speaking proper English and being successful in life is "acting white”, need come to a halt. African Americans can be college educated and articulate sentences just like the white man can. Scholar Joanna L. Williams utters, “The acting White accusation is a negative insult that many Black students encounter from peers, and research suggests that these experiences may be potentially detrimental to psychosocial outcomes.” (Williams) Furthermore, speaking proper is simply a reflection of how educated you are. African Americans live in a country that is not in support of African
