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Originally posted by OPhiARen3
I think it has to do with what "white" means in the first place. The entire history of whiteness is completely wrapped up in superiority and power issues - you can't really separate it from that. I don't want to go off on a complete tangent here, but people didn't used to be "white", they used to be different nationalities like English or French or Irish or whatever else - whiteness is something that has developed over time to distinguish who is "in" and who is "out", who is the "other", the non-white, and who gets to be in what club has changed over time completely based on power struggles (check out the Irish, for example). You can't ignore that history - "white pride" is inherently racist. You want to see people proud of being white? Check this out: www.natvan.org If you are white and want to be proud of something, be proud of family or national history and accomplishments - but don't get all puffed up over your skin color, it's a bunch of sh*t.
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I'm white. I can't say I'm proud to be German, Welch, Irish, Checz, Bohemian, etc...because I'm not enough of any of them (My highest percentage is 3/8) to be proud of my "national history". I am a true White AngloSaxon Prodestant mutt. Can I not be proud to be white then? I can't exactly be called racist, being that my husband is Mexican, and my daughter is half Mexican. I am proud of myself as white, my husband as Mexican, and my daughter as Mestizo. And yes, I can seperate my whiteness from superiority and power.
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