If a non-white is raised with whites all his/her life, does that changes their accents?

[Anonymous]

I've seen two cases (one was a black girl and another a latino boy) where they got raised in a community full of whites all their lives. By the time they were adults, their voices didn't match their ethnicity/race. They both spoke like a white person even though they weren't.

The latino boy (now a man in his 30's) has an accent if he tries speaking in the Spanish community. The black girl (now in her mid 20's) also sounds different if she speaks with other black women. So someone's accent is heavily influenced by whom they've been raised with?

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In those two cases, their voices don't match their race at all.

[BobLouis]

You sound like you live in a bubble or something. Black people have British accents and many more accents. I don't know what you are talking about when you say "sounds white" 😂. I am assuming you mean British accents? Yes many black people have a British accents. Is your whole life social media or something 😂.

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[Astarlessnightsky]

The accent depends on your suroundings when you learn the language or speaking in the first place. (usually the parents but Kindergarten and elementary school children and teachers as well)

And if its your second or third language, the native tongue will be heard through.

But your accent may also change over time when you live in an area long enough.

[Anonymous]

What on earth does “sound like a white person” mean

[Asker]

I meant the man in my example sounds more like Donald Trump's accent type (that type of English) instead of an Spanish-speaking immigrant that speaks good English but retains his Latino accent. He has no Latino accent.

[Opinion Owner]

So that’s just an American accent

[boggboss]

Accents are not based on race but culture if a black person was born and raised to a Scottish family theyvwould speak with a Scottish accent how is this needed to be asked

[provokeesmokee]

Do you think language is based on genetics?

[BarryLiverstone]

What is a white?

[Asker]

I'm referring to a very light-skinned American that speaks the standard English without any accent. In that life example I've just given, they both speak like a white, American instead of their stereotypical voice.

[BarryLiverstone]

But there is no standard American accent. America is a melting pot and diverse

[Asker]

I know that. I'll just give you a brief example so you can know what accent I'm referring to. Cesar Millan the Mexican dog whisperer (he knows English already but obviously has his Mexican accent) would sound different than Donald Trump.
The latino man in my story looks 100% latino, tanned skin, dark hair but sounds like Donald Trump's accent, like a white person's accent instead of typical latino accent.

[Asker]

Same thing for the black girl. She sounds like a white girl when she speaks and not like other black women.

[BarryLiverstone]

I thought accents are dependent on where you grow up and who teaches you to talk as you use ears to hear and mimic. Cesar would have a different Latino accent if he grew up in Spain than if he grew up in Ecuador