Does reading books make you an intellectual?

My friend told this to me today. He was implying the name of an author but me and my friends were totally stumped and didn't know who he was talking about. Then he says "Oh, I'll just have to talk with (name of another friend) since he's an intellectual and knows this author" and yadda yadda. He's also black.

the real question is does being a intellectual even fucking matter? people are so concered about being one just to inflate their ego. fucking read is you want to read and no niggers cant read all the pages get stuck from bbq sauce