lol, i think it's only very sheltered white people who act like that.
like, if they've never spent time around people from other backgrounds, they might be trying too hard to relate based on stereotypes or assumptions that they have (or maybe things they've ssen on tv? who knows)... and probably don't even realize if they come off as ignorant, inappropriate or offensive.
Yup. I have white friends that do this shit...so I don't bring 'em around my friends of other backgrounds. They didn't grow up around it, so they don't know exactly how to act around it....gotta tell them to just be themselves or don't say shit.
My Aunt's husband is a perfect example of this kind of white person. He knows I rap, he's heard my shit. Even though he's basically family, every time he sees me he says, "Yooooo, what's up? Bust any flows lately?" I'm like, "Can you talk to me like a human being you ignorant fuck?" What, because I rap I can't hold a conversation in plain English? I know it's a bit different, but it's the same idea.