haha
just be yourself. if you grew up in the hood and hood etiquette is all you know, the do it!
but its very impolite to turn the slang on when a certain ethnicity walks in the room.
its funny, i was at whole foods one time and i was in line about to buy some dried mangos and i was with my homegirl having a conversation...
when all the sudden the black guy in line behind us says to me "you know you dont have to start talking like that just because you see me here"
i gave him the meanest stink eye and said "oh sorry i didnt know you coined certain vocabulary terms that only you are allowed to say"
we kinda were going back and forth but i didnt feel the need to explain myself to him.
i'm from the bay, most my homies are not white, but i'm like a chameleon