Originally Posted by preciousjeni (Post 1504461)

She doesn't have a point. Cultural pride develops out of something significant that a people has experienced. Whites may have had that during times like the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, but where do you see it today?

Cultural pride can also be artificially created through fanaticism (e.g. KKK).

Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker (Post 1501739)

http://jezebel.com/gossip/clips/teen...ilt-288924.php

I found this interesting clip from a recent documentary on the twins.

Originally Posted by DSTRen13 (Post 1504539)

The whole concept of "whiteness" is racist, really - historically, you can trace how it's used, always in opposition to whatever lower class "other" is being trampled on at the time. Once a group becomes more accepted by the mainstream, then somehow they get brought into the "white" label (the Irish, the Italians, the Jews, the Eastern Europeans). "Whiteness" inherently implies "white" versus "not white". To try to create a culture around that is sick and twisted, and a relatively recent historical phenomenon (the past 150 years or so, depending on your analysis). All of that history leads to our idea of "white" and race in general today - even when people use these concepts and don't know where they come from, you still can't separate it from that history.

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet (Post 1504571)

It was a general statement made toward "your friend" ;) who made those stupid comments as clearly explained below...