How black can you act without being racist?

Depends on who you're using them on and your relationship with them. I let my white friends call me anything because I simply don't care, I'll make a joke of them not being black enough to do certain things and they'll make a joke about me being too white, it really doesn't matter. Just like rubysmith said, as long as the intention isn't racism then it isn't a big deal, I crack race jokes around white people I just met a lot and apart from their initial shock it's fine.

Some people are just waaaaaaay oversensitive about this sort of thing (as evidenced in this thread), you just need to be smart about what you're saying and who you're saying it to

Go to hell. Turn on a television, maybe watch Top Gear tonight. It might help you.

Are you the kind of person that sits there writing complaint letters?

Phrases like "yo dawg" aren't really black at all in my opinion. They're just a part of each region's lingo; I live in a fairly multicultural part of London, and if you're not being outright racist, any phrase isn't really assigned to a race - it's just regional slang. I'm struggling to articulate my point, but I'm sure you get the idea of it.

Who the hell says that i cannot imagine someone born and bred in the country irregardless of race uttering such american colloquial terms

I've never heard anyone say it in person either. I was using that phrase because it was the same one used by the OP.

When you say act black what sort of black person are you trying to imitate?

A gang member?

An Oxford educated lawyer?

We need specifics.

Just that gang-member stereotype.

Btw Are you an oxford-educated lawyer?

No. I'm a university drop out.

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... if you're not black.

Or for any race for that matter.

Edit: Because people have already found a way to be offended by my post, amazingly enough... I shall re-phrase the question;

Which black stereotypes are considered too racist to mention and which ones aren't?

To many people that being black is a matter of culture, of how you talk and act and think and dress.

Wrong.

What makes you black is how white people act towards you because of how you look.

Ask any black person who grew up in a white area listening to rock music and speaking perfect White English.

Yes, Black people does have a culture of its own that is noticeably different from mainstream. But that culture is a side effect of being black, not the cause of what makes people black.

Why even be bothered about offending people with the way you act when you already show a complete disregard to offending people here with what you write? Unless you're one of those fake people who want to be liked and save your real opinions for the internet where no one can see you...