This, 1000%. Intelligence tends to be an unspoken anathema to authenticity amongst certain insecure demographics. Folks get mad at other people who interpret their world a little more critically than they do. This is also why certain black folks never get tired of the endless, low-budget hood stories on Tubi and whatever bullshit Zeus or BET want to come up with. Comfort in the profane masks the insecurity of being on the outside of a conversation. Shit, this is also why intelligent black kids in impoverished schools downplay their intelligence or risk ostracization/getting clowned for... acting white.
Maybe this got too deep, but white supremacy got us fucked up.