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

[Tarathiel]

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??????

the other 10 months out of the year

[Lexical]

What I want to know is the entire purpose of this thread?

Anyone can tell you that pride is a bad thing that leads to even more terrible things. It is why it is one of the 7 deadly sins. This shit is weak..... and dumb..... and if anyone gets butthurt by what I am saying then please see this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpEwKz6YCEs

[Triangle]

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

What I want to know is the entire purpose of this thread?

Just to make people think and to see how people feel about this. I was thinking about it the other night and basically my feel is that any mention of pride in being white is frowned upon and looked at as a fringe part of society ala white supremacists. On the other hand I also think that pride in being black / latino is not looked at as fringe, but instead it is looked at as a good thing and supported by the media.

Why is it weak and dumb to bring something like this up? I think it matters, a lot more than whatever your stupid video does. Maybe you need to wake the fuck up.

[Lexical]

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

Why is it weak and dumb to bring something like this up? I think it matters, a lot more than whatever your stupid video does. Maybe you need to wake the fuck up.

I never meant to be so bad to youuuuuu
One thing I said that I would never do

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

Just to make people think and to see how people feel about this. I was thinking about it the other night and basically my feel is that any mention of pride in being white is frowned upon and looked at as a fringe part of society ala white supremacists. On the other hand I also think that pride in being black / latino is not looked at as fringe, but instead it is looked at as a good thing and supported by the media.

Look at it this way. Being proud you are "white" is dumb because you are just saying "Hey my skin is white and I am god damn proud about that!" But when someone says they are proud they are African American or Latino that is a cultural thing. You are proud of your African American/Latino culture/heritage. There is a lot of "white" cultural pride as well. You have St. Patty's day when everyone who is Irish celebrates being Irish. You have Oktoberfest for Germans. You can go around and say "I am proud to be a gerd damn American!" and you can be white and it is great!

To summarize: Saying being proud you are white is stating you are proud of your skin color while saying you are proud to be Black/Latino is being proud in a culture. It is socially acceptable to be proud in a culture, but being proud of your skin culture is just plain daft.

[Lexical]

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

I never meant to be so bad to youuuuuu
One thing I said that I would never do



Look at it this way. Being proud you are "white" is dumb because you are just saying "Hey my skin is white and I am god damn proud about that!" But when someone says they are proud they are African American or Latino that is a cultural thing. You are proud of your African American/Latino culture/heritage. There is a lot of "white" cultural pride as well. You have St. Patty's day when everyone who is Irish celebrates being Irish. You have Oktoberfest for Germans. You can go around and say "I am proud to be a gerd damn American!" and you can be white and it is great!

To summarize: Saying being proud you are white is stating you are proud of your skin color while saying you are proud to be Black/Latino is being proud in a culture. It is socially acceptable to be proud in a culture, but being proud of your skin culture is just plain daft.

Ughhh Skin color not skin culture. Sorry I am a bit hungover D:

[Lexical]

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

to have an internet discussion for entertainment purposes

U DUM!?

NO U!

[Triangle]

Secondly to address your question of why I brought this up Lexical: I believe that the way society looks at certain views affects whether or not people hold onto such views. People are naturally followers, and if society in general looks negatively on a viewpoint, then people will stray from that viewpoint. Now in today's world there is a bit of a chicken and egg problem in that there is at least a question over whether the media tells society what its views should be, and that the what is put on the media is not controlled by the majority of society.

In any case if white people are pushed away from being proud in the heritage I think that is a disservice toward them when other races feel such pride. Certainly at least people should not be made to feel guilty because of their skin color, and I don't want to say it has gone that far but some will argue it has.

[Alawen]

Race is an unscientific and almost entirely arbitrary categorization. The language we use to discuss race is based primarily on the work of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in the 18th century. His beliefs were basically opposite what we now know about human evolution and the differences between genotype and phenotype. We are all much more alike than we are different.

If you are fortunate enough to have come from a good family and your parents stayed together and raised you well as a team, the emotion you should feel is called gratitude. The emotion you feel about incredible accomplishments like the lunar landing is called wonder.

Here is a definition of pride: a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired. Feeling pride in things which one had no direct contribution toward strikes me as involving megalomania and magical thinking. The American dream used to be working hard, contributing, and building a nice life. Now being a rentier and living off the work of others seems to be the dominant goal.

You really, really didn't build that.

[degenvf]

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

Race is an unscientific and almost entirely arbitrary categorization. The language we use to discuss race is based primarily on the work of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in the 18th century. His beliefs were basically opposite what we now know about human evolution and the differences between genotype and phenotype. We are all much more alike than we are different.

If you are fortunate enough to have come from a good family and your parents stayed together and raised you well as a team, the emotion you should feel is called gratitude. The emotion you feel about incredible accomplishments like the lunar landing is called wonder.

Here is a definition of pride: a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired. Feeling pride in things which one had no direct contribution toward strikes me as involving megalomania and magical thinking. The American dream used to be working hard, contributing, and building a nice life. Now being a rentier and living off the work of others seems to be the dominant goal.

You really, really didn't build that.

Being proud of other peoples achievements is like an mental disorder.
I mean feeling proud of the lunar landing in your underwear from your mothers basement. That can't be good right?

[Raavak]

What about Indians & Pakistanis? You're obviously not white nor asian. But you're not a negro black. You're basically doomed to work in a croweded call center the rest of your miserable life.