Well then if you reread what I wrote you will notice I address every aspect of your concerns including acknowledging that hate and bigotry is in all people. You seem overly hung up on one word, which is essentially the same thing as hate and bigotry but from the people in power.
Sorry that it's a double standard but it just is. White people show white pride to oppress. If you can show me an instance when white pride was used to simply be happy with who they are and not to Lord over another group of people I'd be open to accepting that.
There is only one species of human. Whether there is more than one race depends on how you define race. Commonly in biology race means a genetically distinct population within the same species. barfo
I'm sorry you base your self-worth on appearance rather than your actions, but pride is pride and knows no color. Pride in the result of an accident of birth is the emptiest pride of all. Be proud of the way you raise your son. Be proud of the way you treat others. Be proud of your selflessness. Be proud of your achievements and your knowledge. Be proud of your patience and acceptance of other people. As long as you mirror the hateful actions and opinions of your enemies you will continue to be controlled by them.
What about appreciating my privilege--is that allowed? Over the past decade or so, it's been made plain that being white, or male, or straight, or married, or Christian, or tall, or attractive, or not poor, or right-handed makes life in America easier than the alternatives. Well, I'm all of those, and I've become very grateful for the simplicity of my life as a result of those facts. Now, I can't take pride in any of them, because I didn't come by any of those characteristics as a result of anything I've done. As far as I'm concerned, pride should be reserved for choices and accomplishments. But I'm certainly happy with the fact that all of those are aspects of who I am.
Nobody alive today has/had any part in colonialism, or anything else that happened before their birth. You are lashing out at dead people for oppressing other dead people. 21st century here, you're welcome to join us.
I damn well should, given all those other advantages. My salary is something in which I do not take pride.
I think the "good kind" of white pride isn't really white pride at all. It's just being proud of heritage. I did some research a while back and I could probably join the Sons of the Revolution if I wanted to. I thought that was pretty cool (although not enough to want to pay the money to join.) Is that really white pride though? I don't know. I guess I just find it silly to be proud of your skin color. It's not something we earned. We were just born with it. It's like being proud of being tall. And in that regard I guess I can see where you're coming from, because some tall people are proud of being tall and quite literally and figuratively look down on short people. Despite the fact that it's similar in a way (in that we are born with it), I think being proud of your heritage is okay, but not so much as to think that we are better than anyone, or worse than anyone. I mean..... I hate the hair that I inherited and the male pattern baldness..... so it's not all sunshine and rainbows. I'm super jealous that black guys can shave their heads and not look like either Mr. Clean or a Neo Nazi.
D, I get what your are saying but it is possible. I am Irish and my family extended family is mixed. Which to me is beautiful. They know when St. Patrick's day comes around we celebrate it we celebrate at home as family with joy and happiness w/o putting ourselves on a pedestal.
Not my shit. I've never subscribed to that nonsense nor is it anything I need to fix. It's as nonsensical as the belief in a flat world, and only fools pay any attention to it. It's the shit of dead people, sorry you fell for it.
@MARIS61 you're bring up some good arguments but the personal insults need to stop. So far I have edited out 2 insults to Dviss. Please stick to arguing/debating what people have posted instead of telling them to grow up or insulting them.
In America, yes, but historically I guarantee that racism has been around for many thousands of years. It is not a new concept. We didn't invent it, just like we didn't invent slavery. Those ideas have been in practice since long before white people took power, that is unless you consider the Greeks and the Romans and the Persians to be white.
Irish were treated like shit in this country before the term white was invented. I'm proud to be black. I'm proud because our entire time we've been taught being blank was evil.
Who teaches you that? I have never in my life been taught that black people are evil. Hell, when I was in high school every white kid wanted to be black. They dressed like rappers and they wore jerseys of their favorite football and basketball players etc. Most of the cool kids in the school were black. I didn't know a single black kid that was picked on, but the kids mercilessly picked on some of the nerdier white kids. I'm not saying that I disagree with you, just that I never personally saw it, so I'm curious who teaches you that.
