Do white people have a culture?

Question

not trying to sound racist at all but what do white people do. you know how races have a certain style of dancing, eating, type of clothes they wear or certain rules. in some countries you have to get married at a certain age or how in china they have parades and there is always a dragon. you all know what i'm talking about i just cant find a way to explain myself clearer but if you know what i mean explain to me do caucasion people have culture?

Answer 1

We need to be specific... we are talking about "white people" in the United States. Yes, European Americans have a culture. Anything that isn't considered "ethnic" is generally white culture. From the way people talk on Friends, to burgers at McDonald's, to the endless repetition of strip malls is white culture. White people do not generally recognize that they have a culture because their dominance is invisible. They only notice it when they are absent from it, like when they are traveling through Black or Hispanic neighborhoods.

Other white people in other countries, like England or Germany, generally recognize their own culture. That white people in the United States do not is very sad. White people are better at recognizing regional culture (Southern vs. East Coast vs. West Coast) than they are at recognizing culture related to ethnicity.

The best way to gain a sense of culture is through food. What did you grow up eating? What does you mom (if you've lived with your mom) make you for dinner? How is that food different from what your Black friends or Asian friends grew-up eating for dinner in their homes.

Answer 2

Do White People Have Culture

Answer 3

I'm sure you don't think this sounds nearly as racist as it is. If I were to ask you the same thing, you'd be jumping up and down screaming about how racist I am! I bet you don't eve realize that Mexicans, for example, are white people. The Scots, Irish, Poles, Italians, Spanish....they all have a great deal of culture including the dancing, foods, and even clothing that you are talking about. You really do need to get off the computer and get out and meet people.

Answer 4

yes , they have lots of culture back in Europe. But in America white people can't dance usually , some can . I would say that line and square dancing is a white man's dance. Country Music is white man's music , it came out of European folk music and developed into country. Hot dogs and hamburgers and french fries ( even tho they are not french). Cow boy hats, spurs , cow boy boots, big belt buckles with their names. White people like to drive trucks , especially those made by Chevy and ford. White soccer mom's like to drive mini van's . Well , back in the day girl's used to be married off at 12-13, hell even 5. But due to the industrial revolution and the working laws that it created and couple that with the belief of the early settlers from and England and the Farmers of the agricultural days , that education is the foundation for a better life. Children must be educated and cannot work or marry until they reach usually 16. Not all White people speak English but I'd say that most do. English is a language that has evolved and includes some Latin and french words too. Its that there are SO many cultures here in America , you can take some of this and some of that , its a culture of mix and match , you can eat Italian food , Mexican food , Chinese food , polish food. Hell can eat possum if you like.

Answer 5

It's cultures, plural. If you go to Europe, the home continent of white people, are there many cultures there? Yep, there are. White people in North America have cultural roots that are often mixed, but not less interesting than other races. Some white people appear repressed because the puritan influences are still strong, but not all white people are descended from puritans.

Answer 6

White is too blanket of a term. Look at the Irish, Italians, Germans, English, etc and they all have separate culture and customs. Americans would probably have to be split up by New England, Southern, MidWest and Californian, though fairly similar and of course mixed in with all the other races that make up the country.

Answer 7

We used to have folk dancing like on May Day in school, but it was replaced with Cinco de Mayo. If we have May Day or don't have cinco, they call us racist, which is really just them being racist and forcing their culture on us. Many shared Christian traditions were originally European but are now claimed by others. Halloween used to be exactly like the Day of the Dead, but if you don't celebrate it in Spanish, you know. Everything we like to do, if we only do it for us, we are called racist and somehow stopped from doing it or must do it in secret, which just validates the belief that if it originated in Europe or early America, it must be racist.

Answer 8

No, they don't have a culture. There are "white" (as you would call them, though in reality there is no such thing, and I'd like to see you try to define it) people who are part of all and many different kinds of cultures. For example, someone you call "white" could (and there have been such people) grow up in a Chinese or African or some other family and would have as much (or little, depending on your viewpoint) in common with "white" people who grew up in say England as any Chinese or African person does.

Answer 9

Most White Americans have a blended culture from a mixture past generations. As far as the term "white", that means nothing about Culture. For example there are White and Non white Hispanics. I know pale, blonde, Blue eyed people that can barely speak English.

As far as being Caucasian, Bull I am not from that area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasus

I AM AMERICAN

Answer 10

Ok .. number one yes you are a racist. "White people" as you refer to them come from many various places. No there is no "white culture" because there is Italian culture and Irish culture and Greek culture and .. well .. you get the idea. Each of these cultures have unique music and dance and food and everything else you can imagine. Stop lumping white people into one mold (racism).