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47. I call them "self-identified Whites"

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:46 AM

Aug 2019

The ones who love to say stupid shit like "If Teh Blax can be proud of their Black heritage, why can't I be proud of my White heritage?" or "Teh Gayz have a month to celebrate their history, what's wrong with wanting a month for us Whites to celebrate ours?" I'm one of the whitest kids you'll ever meet (we didn't just go to an Episcopal church in my little white-house-black-shutter WASP as hell CT hometown, we had to go to the "right" one, not the "new" one), and while I'm not particularly activist, I'm definitely aware of what advantages I have and have had throughout life, and blankly stare when someone pulls that "I'm White and proud of it!" shit.

I tend to remind them that my Scots/English-heritage half hates their White-ass French asses, and my Polish-heritage half DEFINITELY still has some bones to pick with those paragons of Whiteness in Germany.

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What's Wrong With White People in America? [View all] ConnorMarc Aug 2019 OP

Some (most?) of it is due to the right convincing them that minorities caused their economic mess. LonePirate Aug 2019 #1

did you see where the el paso shooter lived ? JI7 Aug 2019 #3

+1 white extinction anxiety is more like it + enough with the economic garbage lunasun Aug 2019 #79

Here's how to decode a shooter. TheBlackAdder Aug 2019 #29

Basically ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #36

. Dennis Donovan Aug 2019 #2

White guy here underpants Aug 2019 #4

They have been protected and entitled for their entire lives. BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #5

So is this a MORAL failure of just over 50% of the American white population? ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #7

Yep, pretty much. White men, mainly. And their 'churches' and general patriarchy Nay Aug 2019 #62

Pretty good and valid points ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #99

Only in situations where blacks were 'uppity' to whites, or had the nerve to look Nay Aug 2019 #104

The main problem with "white people" is poor vision; and they are rare real Cannabis calm Aug 2019 #6

Ha, I see what you did there! customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #37

The OP is racist and divisive. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #57

And allowed to stand on DU KentuckyWoman Aug 2019 #90

Yeah - allowed to stand. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #118

You really think it's the same? ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #98

If we changed the word "white" to "black" and then replaced the last 400 years of white experience StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #115

In the context of these recent shootings DesertRat Aug 2019 #8

Yeah, I guess one COULD argue that, but... ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #10

+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #14

young, white, undereducated men. ginnyinWI Aug 2019 #27

Hatred. Hoyt Aug 2019 #9

But why though? ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #12

White wing Christians are different. They descended from slave owners. Hoyt Aug 2019 #16

Propaganda works, and young males are the demographic most inclined to violence, crime, tblue37 Aug 2019 #30

They're afraid that their whiteness-value is slipping away. VOX Aug 2019 #11

Again, just 50 years ago, or let's say 60 ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #13

Yes, they've always been racist and suspicious of outsiders. VOX Aug 2019 #19

because their whiteness is all they've really got to feel good about. ginnyinWI Aug 2019 #28

I think you nailed it underpants Aug 2019 #48

I will sometimes go on other boards and read the comments - for as long as I can smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #15

White young incel males, Corgigal Aug 2019 #17

Hey white people! SCVDem Aug 2019 #18

Well according to the OP KentuckyWoman Aug 2019 #89

White people live in a country that is built on white supremacy, and is strongly invested in not WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #20

That part! ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #33

According to your subject line, ALL white people Ferrets are Cool Aug 2019 #21

My thoughts exactly Mossfern Aug 2019 #22

I'm white and trying to think of a good way to punish myself for being born that way. n/t zackymilly Aug 2019 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Joe941 Aug 2019 #25

Why would you need to punish yourself for being born white? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #41

The subject line is correct ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #34

The subject line is your own post-self-verifying? Lol. 58Sunliner Aug 2019 #56

All white people in the U.S. benefit from white privilege. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #39

Hell no Ferrets are Cool Aug 2019 #43

I don't see "all" in the subject line. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #45

Ok, you win. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2019 #50

What do you think the OP was asking? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #60

But they do not in the mass treestar Aug 2019 #68

Perhaps, but white supremacy is a lot more than race-based shootings. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #71

There are many guns treestar Aug 2019 #78

I call them "self-identified Whites" sir pball Aug 2019 #47

Quite like the whole treestar Aug 2019 #67

I'd suggest watching pintobean Aug 2019 #23

CVE for White People: The Trumpist Movement and the Radicalization Process elleng Aug 2019 #26

Continued segregation ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #31

Couple of things... ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #38

What I mean about "retrained" is I had to be sensitized ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #49

Got it. ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #100

Your original question referred to all white people ProudLib72 Aug 2019 #108

Your last sentence... ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #112

White MEN. nt Sparkly Aug 2019 #32

White women overwhelmingly support them though ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #35

All too many white women align with and enable white men StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #46

And the white women who support them, as well as white feminists who choose color over WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #40

I think it has to do with not wanting to not wanting to taint their beautiful minds Beringia Aug 2019 #42

You mean "some" white people. NT Catherine Vincent Aug 2019 #44

No. Many if not most! Need to be honest about this fact. She_Totally_Gets_It Aug 2019 #111

If you want an apropos qualifier, Catherine, it would be... ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #113

White exceptionalism. democratisphere Aug 2019 #51

The number of "Not All White People!" in this thread sweetloukillbot Aug 2019 #52

Or perhaps it's that many of us dislike sweeping generalizations, about any race. cwydro Aug 2019 #53

Yup, privilege sweetloukillbot Aug 2019 #54

White privilege is not a generalization, though. Every white person does have it. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #59

Because white people are privileged treestar Aug 2019 #66

. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #70

No one is butt hurt treestar Aug 2019 #77

We generalize about people all the time, especially people of color StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #72

We know that is a shortcut for "the majority " treestar Aug 2019 #75

Think about what you just said StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #80

+1000000000000 betsuni Aug 2019 #97

All racists wax elegant defending racism. wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #85

Are you calling me a racist? StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #88

Do you agree with the OP that there is something the matter with white people in reference to this wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #91

White Privilege Benefit #194: StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #107

Thank you. ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #101

Meanwhile, no one bats an eye at the numerous threads about black people StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #55

OR Skittles Aug 2019 #94

Or It Could Be Generalizations Like That JimGinPA Aug 2019 #110

Why do we have "Black History Month" when "White History Month" would be racist? StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #114

And shouldn't there be a straight pride parade? sweetloukillbot Aug 2019 #116

Poor you StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #117

I am a white male, born in the Midwest, approaching 60 Blecht Aug 2019 #58

Not a single person here has any sociology training. This is a racist thread. change "white" to any wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #61

Change white to "Whiteness" ismnotwasm Aug 2019 #63

Spare me your "wisdom" wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #64

Ah yes. Dictionary racism ismnotwasm Aug 2019 #69

Like the klan justify it wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #84

As opposed to making shit up? How deep is the made up shit here? wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #92

Changing "white" to "any other race" and examining the outcome would make sense if we WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #65

I have sociology training. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2019 #73

Like the klan justify it wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #83

LMBAO!!! ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #103

I don't need 'sociology training' to identify what this thread is. Bonx Aug 2019 #74

What is it? wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #95

My husband works in his union job at an airline and the biggest fat donnie supporter kimbutgar Aug 2019 #76

Groups that were formerly dominant who are losing their power and prestige lash out violently DBoon Aug 2019 #81

Wow, I am lashing out violently. Watch out I might get you! wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #93

talk about an irrelevant non-sequiter! DBoon Aug 2019 #96

You're acting like an ass on this thread. Why? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #106

i think it's the American male sterotype.. stillcool Aug 2019 #82

Darned white people anyhow. H2O Man Aug 2019 #86

his entire presidency has been a farce. spanone Aug 2019 #87

I have NO idea.. but I do know GET OUT is on TV.... JustFiveMoreMinutes Aug 2019 #102

There's nothing wrong with white people in general. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2019 #105

Encultured passive racism with lack of self awareness. Amimnoch Aug 2019 #109