I fucking hate White People

[Caliman73]

87. True. Many do get offended. White is the default.

It is the absence of "race". As you said, White people are just people. White individuals do not speak for their racial group or represent their group as a whole. I can't imagine asking a person, "So, what to White people think about...?" as I have been asked to represent the views of people like me.

When I speak to White people about race, I often ask them to close their eyes and imagine what an "American" looks like. I can virtually guarantee that their image is not of me, or people who look like me.

I am curious though, I am not sure why you are pointing out my use of Black, Brown, and Other as identifiers. That is the language in common usage. They were simply the words I used to identify White as an exclusionary concept rather than a defining term.


I am Brown by the way. My skin is brown (though a lighter shade), my first language was not English, though I speak it and my other language fluently. Even though I was born here and parts of my family have been in the US for over a hundred years, I have and still get asked where I'm "really from" or I get told how "well you speak English".

My first question when addressing race is "Can you define 'White' for me without telling me what it isn't?"