Is it wrong not to "sound black"?

Okay, I am not going to be one of those people that plays that stupid question "I didn't know you could sound a race or act a race."

As someone who looks at society realistically, I am not going to pretend that there isn't a different tone of voice in whites and blacks. But I noticed that tone of voice sometimes is less apparent depending on one's upbringing.

I wish I had the tools to do one of those experiments to see if upbringing really affects one's voice. Blacks (and mulattoes) have always shown that even if they do not "sound black" when talking they still have the soul when they sing.

Many blacks seem to get upset when they hear a black person or even a mulatto who does not sound black. For a guy to sound like Obama, or to sound like Jordin Sparks or Leona Lewis (who has an English accent), is considered a No no to the community.

Again this mostly goes along with the "ghetto ideology" of "what is black?". Essentially if you do not talk ebonics or sound "ghetto" you are considered a sellout, someone who is denying their heritage.

I have yet to figure out which is worse to blacks, a black person who is this way or a mulatto. It seems either way its just considered wrong.

But most mulattoes are this way because they are exposed to white culture more and adopt their ways. I sound white, my voice is quite similar to Jordin Sparks (another reason as to how similar we are).

But the question is why do some sound white instead of black? Well there is no one reason. One reason strongly hinges on your upbringing. And for others its due to careers.

There was a video on Youtube of a black newsreporter who was speaking sounding white like most do, and then a fly comes along and he goes into ghetto mode. Here is the video.

In this country, just like with your name, the more white or Anglo (I would say European but some may be considered too European even) a person's name sounds and the more white american the sound the better chance you would have of a job.

Is one giving up a part of their culture by doing this? No. Because for some of us, that was how we were raised...its not like an actual language (ebonics is NOT a language its a slang). And its not how you look, sound, dress or any of that, that defines your blackness in the end.