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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]White, beautiful and proud.[/quote]

This. Not ashamed one iota.

Black people aren't ashamed of being black. Latinos aren't ashamed of being Latino. Asians aren't ashamed of being Asian, etc.

And I'm not ashamed of being white. I won't participate in the silly guilt games that are in fashion right now. [/quote]
?  I don't know about other people, but as a minority married to a white person, I have never heard anyone say a white person should be ashamed to be white.  You people are paranoid.[/quote]

There is a post on this very thread about a white person who says she is uncomfortable about being white, and tells people she's multiracial instead.

It's not paranoia. The stupid is real. [/quote]

There is a ton of negativity directed at white people. It's not just constructive criticism, either. If every other group gets to have their feed-good slogans, I don't see why white people shouldn't.[/quote]

Wow, white people can't hack it.  Non-white people have had a "ton of negativity" directed at them for centuries by whites.  So with the Civil Rights movement they started being called out for this and suddenly SNOWFLAKES!  They're melting because someone dared showed white people the ugly side of their prejudice against non-whites.

I grew up with "kiss me I'm Irish" bumper stickers on our cars. My parents were proud of our Irish ancestry even though we'd been in this country for more than a century and had no connection to the old country.  We listened to Irish music and joined Irish dance troupes.  I and my white friends celebrated our white heritage all throughout the year --Columbus Day (European colonization of the Americas), Halloween (of Irish origins), Thanksgiving (the pilgrims) Christmas (really a German made holiday with the trees and the songs and the cookies), George Washington's birthday, Valentine's Day (concocted in Europe in the middle ages), St. Patrick's Day (self-evident), Easter (the bunny and the baskets with candy etc. -- all from European traditions), 4th of July.   How many holidays of African or Asian origins do we as Americans celebrate?

I have a good friend who is very active in Polish American groups. My high school had a German dance troupe.  Every year there are Bastille Day celebrations across the US.  Alexandria has a Scottish Christmas celebration each year.  I would be that in Minnesota and other upper midwest regions there are a lot of fun Scandinavian traditions that are kept going and celebrated.

Meanwhile I look at our presidents (all white so far except for one).  The governers of the various states I've lived in (pretty much 100% white for 2+ centuries). Senators and Representatives (majority have been white even the past 20 years).  The tv shows I watched growing up (90% white characters). The broadcast anchors I watched growing up and now (about 90% white back in the 70s, now still heavily white).  The movies: how many Oscars go to actors and directors who are not white?  Not many.   How many blockbuster films star white actors? Most of them...sometimes even when the character is supposed to be a person of color.

All around me I see white European culture being celebrated and dominating American culture. I see no signs of it being repressed.

Why do various ethnic and racial groups have 'feel good slogans'?  Why don't you read up on the history of American race relations and look at who is in power - in the government, in corporations, at the upper rungs of univeresities, in cultural production - and tell us why?  Or will you melt once you realize the extent of what Americans of non-European ancestry have had to put up with over the centuries?[/quote]

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