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The end result of this usually sounds [[Totally Radical]] to natives of said culture. White people guilty of this are sometimes called "wiggers" combining the words "white" and a certain racial slur that [[N-Word Privileges|white people generally avoid using]]. This version of the character was especially prevalent (and mocked) in [[The Nineties]]. Though [[Genre Motif/Hip Hop|rap music]], like [[Rock and Roll|rock 'n' roll]] decades before, has become mainstream enough so that white people who enjoy it aren't automatically labeled as posers, as long as there are [[subculture]]s associated with particular ethnic or socioeconomic groups, new versions of this trope will likely exist until the end of time.
One common variation is white people, usually [[Otaku]], who are obsessed with Japanese culture. These people are often called "Wapanese"; during 2005, the preferred term became [[wikipedia:Japanophile#21st century|"weeaboos"]], due to [[4chan]] moderators devising a creative word-filter to deter usage of the former term by replacing it with a nonsense word from a strip of ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]
This trope has some similarities to [[Blackface]] - the difference is that blackface is done to mock black people while this trope is done out of admiration or fetishization of black culture. However, if it's not done carefully, this trope can appear just as insulting as blackface. At the least, you'll end up sounding like a [[Jive Turkey]].
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