White Pride

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oh and no im not proud of being white but i was proud the first time i replaced the chain on my bike when i was 9 or when i installed brakes that i earned the money for all by myself and they worked perfectly fine til i let a "friend" borrow my bike and the cord was stripped and weak that was very off pissing but eh

I already said. How does he even know I white? I have explaied why I am proud, just cause he doesn't get it it's not my fault. I can be proud of my history, no? Or the people, like Da Vinci or Einstein? Maybe i just want to be proud?

Well in my school before summer vacation there was alot of white pride, hispanic pride, black pride, and asian pride going around. Mostly gay and white pride but it seemed to be the new "in". It was very annoying though. And hurtful too. I've heard and dealt with many caucasian girls who only liked white pride because they considered "black features" to be ugly or something. Specifically the big butts, thick thighs, lips and stuff like that. Which is indeed very hurtful because I happen to have those features. No thanks to my grandmother... thanks ma! But whatever. And technically I don't think any such pride is needed unless it's about a test or game or something. It's bad enough I get heat from both black and whites and mostly hispanics because I won't "recognize my true self" whatever the heck that means. I don't care. And if I don't they shouldn't either. I'm human that's all that matters. I don't even care for Cuban pride nor Brazilian pride nor Trinidadian, or even black pride. I'm not proud for my color. But like Kris said I am proud of how much I've accomplished as a black girl in the racist country, state, city that I live in. With going to Japan and representing my country and proving the stereotype everyone seems to have wrong. For the good grades I get and being a dedicated worker. But in other meanings I can understand why some people would have pride in their heritage.But to all the little haters lol who don't like these so called features: I have no shame in how thick my thighs or how big my butt is. It may be big and round but it's still juicy and bootylicious so booyah! lol jk

Maybe i just want to be proud?Fine, you can just be proud. But what's the point of jumping into a discussion like this just to say you're being proud?You don't seem to be having an easy time following the thread of the discussion, but you're saying you're proud to be European because of the accomplishments of Europeans who are not you, and who have nothing to do with you. It's like a baseball fan being proud of the Toronto Bluejays for winning a tough game. What does it mean that the fan is proud?> I can be proud of my historyWhy? For goodness sakes, why? Why do you keep repeating tht in different ways, but not answer the question, Why? Why are you proud of "your" history?If you can't explain it any better, then stop repeating yourself, and stop making me repeat myself. You're convincing me that the whole racial/ethinic/continental pride idea is cement-headed. If you have nothing more to offer, then please find another thread to play with.

lol thank you honey,that was well put

and yes yes it is AND ITS MINE!

Its freaking common sense! Why would anyone be proud of their history.

I'm not going to sit here and explain to YOU why i am proud of something! Reading through out this forum it seems to be that you know everything.

Steve you have to remeber hes a 15 year old KID, and I think his confusion on the thread and being able to understand and then form a reasonable explanation of his thoughts arises from the confilct he has with being of euporean descent, and now he is only a Canadian Wanna-be.

Well said hun.

See, your so good with words, I dont see why you have to hit people Nicely said Japanfan!

That makes sense. Sometimes "X" Pride means being glad you're not "Y".A problem with the phrase "white pride" that no one has mentione is that it is a code phrase used by white racists. Around 1970, I remember seeing a Georgia politician (I think he was running for governor) talk about "black militants" on a political TV commercial. A few years earlier he would have used the word "nigger", but by 1970 it became unacceptable (by the FCC, I presume), so "black militant" stood in for the notorious word, and meant exactly the same thing. Sort of the way Stalin used the phrase "rootless cosmopolitanism" to justify Antisemitism in the latter part of his reign.

Its freaking common sense! Why would anyone be proud of their history.It's "common sense", but you can't explain it, and you refuse to think about it, but you still keep posting. It's "common sense" the way bigotry is common sense to some people. It's not common sense at all.What would you say to a person who says that their religious beliefs are common sense, even if you don't agree with them? We are having a pointless religious discussion.

I simply enjoy hitting people, its a get stress releaver to be hit and hit back, of course its better when you win then when you lose, but nooe wins all the time.and i dont go randomly hitting people, I like to hit people that have it coming that earn being hit, that beg for someont to kick thier ass.john wayne once said something pretty close to;Often times you find a man asking, nay, begging to have his ass kicked, its your duty as a man to oblige him. At any given time tht man could be you, or me.I always liked that, and belive it to be true.

Some people use the phrase "white pride" as a racist concept. You've lectured me about the South, but you don't live in the South, and I (sort of) do, and have for a lot of my life. I've traveled around the South, and I can tell you that the meaning of the phrase "white pride" is not lost on most people. Certainly not on minorities.The subject of this thread was not about racism; it was about seemingly pointless and senseless pride. But some people clearly use the phrase in a way that insinuates racial superiority.

John Wayne was a Republican.

In reply to:I simply enjoy hitting people What a great thing to say Don't forget Martin Luther Kings speech on violence and such. Or what camp councilers teach you and what teachers teach. Violence is not the answer. Looks like we can make an exeption.Smite the evil ones!

Most people who are rich are republicans, there are few exceptions, Mostly I like the quote, although I do not have it exact and Im too damned lazy to go get the book off The shelf and look it up.
The book, should anyone need a good laugh and a entertaining read, is the Hoffman brothers book of Sheer Damned Manliness.
Wayne was entertaining on a great many levels, and one of my favorite storys of all time was made into a movie with wayne staring, as an american in Ireland on his familys land, starting his life over, "The Quite Man"
while I never thought he was a great actor, he was entertaining.

His political views, as he expressed them, seemed a bit simplistic.

well, I was born in 1971, I was a kid when he died, politics were far from my mind, and I since havent looked into his. I was never a Wayne fan, but you cant deny that he was damned entertaining in life, if not in the movies.

I'm embarrassed to be HUMAN, there's no pride in that. We're fucked up and like to fuck up the world and eachother. Too much senseless competition. We're not even competing for survival anymore, but for attention, and that to me is embarassing. Can't wait to come back as a well-hung horse.

don't understand why people always say "In the south" when it happens all over the US.People are just more visible about it in the south.Thats why the south is always brought up in all thee discussions. it is much more predominant then elsewhere in the country.>>And I was born & raised in an area of the south known as "The Mid-South" near Memphis........(And I live in the middle of a cotton patch)but did you ever pick cotton ? I never picked cotton But my mother did And my brother did And my sister did And my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mineWhen I was just a baby Too little for a cotton sack I played in the dirt While the others worked 'Til they couldn't straighten up their backs I made myself a promise When I was big enough to run That I'd never stay a single day In that Oklahoma sunI never picked cotton But my mother did And my brother did And my sister did And my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine Folks said I grew up early And that the farm couldn't hold me then so I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck And I never went back again Then it was fast cars and whiskey Long haired girls and fun I had everything that money could bring And I took it all with a gun I never picked cotton But my mother did And my brother did And my sister did And my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine It was Saturday night in Memphis When a redneck grabbed my shirt When he said go back to your cotton sack I left him dying in the dirt They'll take me in the morning To the gallos just outside And in the time I got There ain't a hell of alot That I can look back on with prideBUT, I never picked cotton But my mother did And my brother did And my sister did And my daddy died young Workin' in the coal mine