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Originally posted by WhirlwindTNX
Is the whole problem with the lumping of the "white" people is that the "white" people created the label. The government, which back in the days of labeling races and such, only had "white" people. But I get where you are coming from, I have a Polish American sister who feels the same way you do about labeling.
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That's why I said in my post "I understand where it comes from". It doesn't matter (IMO) where it started - it matters that it's still perpetuated. It's wrong - but when "white" people try to distance themselves from that, or try to lay claim to their own heritage, people pooh-pooh it as whining, or right wing rhetoric.
My thing is - labels suck. Period. But if we're going to use labels to identify people, at least let them be historically and culturally significant.