Do you think it is socially acceptable for to be proud in being white?

[Sadre]

Every statement, every phrase, has a context, which is what gives that symbolic statement its real, actual, functional, contextual meaning. For example, in certain non Western cultures, the symbol of the swastika (as we call it) has a completely unrelated meaning due to a completely unrelated context of its usage as a symbol, and that context we call culture, or history, or, plain out intention.

This is the general argument of those who say it's "different" depending on if you are white or black: different contexts, etcetera.

But that is not my point. My point is, your own question needs context. Why do you ask this question?

Are you a sociologist?

Are you a white pride enthusiast seeking companionship?

Are you a troll?

Are you a black person working through your blackness and whatever that means in this crazy, messed up world of ours?

Are you well-hung?

These all are needed before I answer any random question.



sadre

[Triangle]

Originally Posted by Ephirith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think black pride, hispanic pride, or any racial pride is equally illegitimate for the same reasons

For my personal opinion, I think society looks down on pride in being white, but accepts pride in being hispanic, black etc. Just look at hispanic history month and black history month. I don't understand why this is the case, and I do think that it furthers racism and does not help dissolve it.

[Ephirith]

Originally Posted by Triangle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For my personal opinion, I think society looks down on pride in being white, but accepts pride in being hispanic, black etc. Just look at hispanic history month and black history month. I don't understand why this is the case, and I do think that it furthers racism and does not help dissolve it.

Agreed. I meant to say:

I think black pride, hispanic pride, or any racial pride should be equally illegitimate for the same reasons

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by Ephirith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

even though we're the most accomplished collection of cultures in human history

Or, more likely, you just think "white cultures" have done the most because your primary and secondary education, ya know, didn't tell you shit about any other cultures.

[Autotune]

Originally Posted by Tecmos Deception [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or, more likely, you just think "white cultures" have done the most because your primary and secondary education, ya know, didn't tell you shit about any other cultures.

Chinese and Japanese > Europeans any day.

[Ephirith]

Originally Posted by Tecmos Deception [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or, more likely, you just think "white cultures" have done the most because your primary and secondary education, ya know, didn't tell you shit about any other cultures.

Uh oh it looks like somebody attended an ethnocentrism lecture in intro to college anthropology. Look, I'm well aware of other cultures and the various ways they have handed our shit to us at different points in history. We weren't always on top.

Every culture has merit, but they are not all equally accomplished. Human civilization completely changed in the last 100-200 years, and the collective body of western thought was behind this- for better or worse.

[Lexical]

Originally Posted by Ephirith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Every culture has merit, but they are not all equally accomplished.

I agree completely. Being part Polish, I can definitely say that I have nothing to be proud of in that regard.

[Ephirith]

Originally Posted by Lexical [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I agree completely. Being part Polish, I can definitely say that I have nothing to be proud of in that regard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_winged_hussars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%...n_Commonwealth

Could have been a lot worse

[Diggles]

fuckin ******s and spics get their own month where's the master race's month??????

[Ephirith]

Originally Posted by Diggles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

fuckin ******s and spics get their own month where's the master race's month??????

Whichever month has Chinese new year