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{{quote|'''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]:''' This movie is whiter than ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''!}}

* The movie ''Barbershop'' features a white guy who actually is from the streets and thus dresses, speaks, and acts accordingly - who is offended when a nerdy middle class black guy implies he's somehow pretending to be something he's not based solely on the color of his skin.

* [[Berry Gordys the Last Dragon|~~Bery~~ Gordy's The Last Dragon]] both plays this straight with a trio of Asian rapper wannabes and reversed with Bruce Leroy, who does the same with Chinese culture.

* ''[[Berry Gordys the Last Dragon|Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon]]'' both plays this straight with a trio of Asian rapper wannabes and reversed with Bruce Leroy, who does the same with Chinese culture.

* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''.

** White supremacist Mr. Feather constantly seems to have to battle to suppress an urge to be one of these. This causes him some stress.

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* The pimp played by Gary Oldman in ''[[True Romance]]'' makes a great show of incorporating stereotypically black speech patterns, wearing dreadlocks, and watching Richard Pryor movies.

* The entire movie ''[[Malibus Most Wanted]]''

* [[10 Things I Hate About You]] - When Michael is showing Cameron around the school, one of the cliques he points out is the "White Rastas," who "think they're black" but "mostly smoke a lot of weed."

* ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'': When Michael is showing Cameron around the school, one of the cliques he points out is the "White Rastas," who "think they're black" but "mostly smoke a lot of weed."

{{quote|'''Mr. Morgan:''' I know how difficult it must be for you to overcome all those years of upper middle-class suburban oppression. Must be tough. But the next time you storm the PTA crusading for better... lunch meat, or whatever it is you white girls complain about, ask them WHY they can't buy a book written by a black man!

'''White Rastas:''' That's right mon!

'''Mr. Morgan:''' Don't even get me started on you two. }}

'''Mr. Morgan:''' Don't even get me started on you two.}}

* In ''[[Quigley Down Under]]'', the Australian Marston is obsessed with [[The Wild West]].

* In ''[[Hidalgo]]'', an Arabian sheik is fascinated by American culture and anything related to cowboys.

* In ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', a German soldier is captured by Americans. Fearing execution, he starts sucking up to them by talking about American pop culture and butchering the Star-Spangled Banner.

== Literature ==