to all white ppl: how do u view yourselves?

Question

what i mean by the question is what do you think your status is in the north american society, do u feel to be the minority or majority and stuff like that.

Answer 1

Well I don't know the recent statistics but I believe whites are still the majority. But I could personally care less. Just because my skin is white does not make me who I am.

Answer 2

I don't know if I count because I'm like 1/10ths Native American.... but it never really occurred to me that I was of any special importance for being white. As for whites being the majority/minority, I think it depends where you go. You definitely see a lot more white people in the suburbs where I live. But the city I live near, Milwaukee, is very racially divisive- the north side is almost entirely black, and the south side is almost entirely Hispanic. So in Wisconsin, you likely won't see a lot of blacks unless you go to Milwaukee, especially the north side, or some other big city. Same thing for Chicago (only the south side is the bad part, I think.) Either way, you don't see a lot of whites in either cities (or most other cities) compared to blacks, Asians, and Hispanics.
If you go down South, you definitely see more blacks, and in more rural settings. But often you see white people alongside them.
I'd have to say that white people right now constitute roughly 50% of the American population. But the black population is getting bigger, and same for the Hispanics. I think the Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group, probably because of their high rate of teen pregnancy. Won't be long before whites are in the minority. But by that time, I don't think any race will be the majority; I think it will be evenly divided between Hispanics, blacks, and whites.

Answer 3

Well, it's silly to say I feel that I'm in a minority. There are, quite simply, more white people here than any other sort (and I think there are more than all other sorts combined).

I feel that my status is priveleged, though I naturally wish this weren't the way things were. This society (US more so than Canada, and the southern US, where I am, moreso than the rest of the US) views whites in a better way than it views other races, which is sad. If I and an equally qualified black man were interviewing for a job here, I'd probably get it, simply by "virtue" of my race. Sad.

When a first saw your question (How do white people view themselves?) I thought I was going to explain that I don't feel a racial identity. I'm some random variety of European. Some German in there, some English in there, and who-knows-what-else in there. We're all related, if you go far enough back, and so it's really silly for us to dislike each other or think less of each other just because of our skintone and other unimportant things of that nature.

So I don't really feel a racial identity. I am in the minority as far as sexuality (queer), relgion (and my vehement lack thereof), diet (vegan), and many other things. When it comes down to it, I view myself as -me-. I'm more -me- than I am a part of a minority. Just bunches of random traits come together to make me.

I somewhat understand the feeling of solidarity that people like feeling with others, but I think it's really more worthwhile for people to be their own beautiful individuals first and foremost.

I'm in a minority, because there's no one just like me.

Answer 4

I am a majority as a white male. I am a minority as an atheist. Socially I am a minority because I don't follow any popular music or culture. I am aware of it. But it doesn't make much difference in what I do.
I don't have much status but in my eyes I am elevated above many. I have pride and honor because I joined the military so I could defend my family and people in my country. I consider myself above people who are bigots, haters, racist, and believe themselves to superior over others due to their race, religion, or ethnicity. I also chose to put my life on the line for these same people who I dislike and who do not appreciate it. How many people do you know who have NOT done that. Much more than those that do.

I am a minority, hear my voice!

Answer 5

Actually, the term "white" people is truly an early American word.

White people puts the English, Irish, Scot, German, Italian, French, some Mid-eastern and many others in the same category. This was done to keep black slaves quite apart from the "whites" which allowed oppression in earely America to exist. (Hitler did this with the Germans and the Jews). Separation breeds hate.

Actually, whites anywhere else in the world fight against each other, e.g. English/German/French (for hundreds of years).

People became "white" when they came to America.

Answer 6

I live in Iowa where there are more white people than any thing else, so I feel like I'm in the majority, but when I go to St. Louis to visit relatives I definitely feel like a minority. Sometimes I feel uncomfortable when there are very few whites in a place (probably just cuz I'm not used to it)

Answer 7

I'm a girl so I identify more as a female than as a white person even though I am white. Because I am a girl, I feel like a minority.

Answer 8

im just here, or r u referring to how i view the caucasian race

Answer 9

I just look at myself as a person.

Answer 10

Sh*t playa...I see myself as a gangsta! WORD!!