re: #3 SoCaroLion

Has John Urschel ever been accused of “acting white”? I could have missed it but I didn’t notice any mention of that in the articles you linked. If not, then what does he have to do with the subject at hand.
Further, from the Vox article:

Jamelle Bouie gave his take on the distinction between these two experiences in a 2010 piece for the American Prospect, writing,

As a nerdy black kid who was accused of ‘acting white’ on a fairly regular basis, I feel confident saying that the charge had everything to do with cultural capital, and little to do with academics. If you dressed like other black kids, had the same interests as other black kids, and lived in the same neighborhoods as the other black kids, then you were accepted into the tribe. If you didn’t, you weren’t. In my experience, the “acting white” charge was reserved for black kids, academically successful or otherwise, who didn’t fit in with the main crowd. In other words, this wasn’t some unique black pathology against academic achievement; it was your standard bullying and exclusion, but with a racial tinge.

There it is right there, “at least one specific example of a black student who succeeded despite the bullying and stereotyping she describes in the story.”
Just to be clear, as a current writer at Slate, I consider him successful.