Think about it for a minute, the murder, rape and genocide of every minority on the planet. The rape of the environment, global warming, the oppression of women. The abuse of children, the destruction of animal habitats. The theft of money from every enslaved minority on the planet! The bigotry towards gay people. The destructive wars fought on the planet. What does everyone else think?
2007-02-08 06:59:05 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Only white men can be RACIST, the other groups have no power and by definition CANNOT be racists.
2007-02-08 07:09:52 · update #1
Like the first answerer said, I don't define myself by my skin either. I am white, but that's not the only thing about me. What do me and Paris Hilton have in common? Uh, we're both white...and? That's it, other than that, we're two different ppl. I am amy own person, my own individual, and there is more to me than just my skin tone and what racial category I fall into. I have hobbies, interests, insecurities, pride, I am a complex and unique person, and so is everyone. No two people of the same race are the same. And to answer your question, no I don't feel ashamed. I think it's horrible, yes, what happened, but I didn't do it. People who happened to be of the same race as me did it, but I didn't. I was't there. My great great grandparents weren't even alive yet. And I also don't feel ashamed because I have had this shoved down my throat ever since I was a small child in elementary school, and to be honest with you, I'M SICK OF IT! I know what the white people did, I know I fall into the category of being white, but that doesn't mean I should be punished, or make ME a BAD person! All my life by pro-reverse racist teachers I have been encouraged to disown my race, detach myself from my "whiteness" and at the same time be ashamed for being white. So, for me it's played out. I guess you didn't go to urban schools like I did.
2007-02-08 07:07:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I had nothing to do with all that. I am not a bigot, I treat everyone the same. I don't judge anyone based on their race, creed, religion, or anything else other than their personal deeds. Why should I be ashamed to be white? That's the way that I was born.
2007-02-08 07:29:31 · answer #2 · answered by sweetgurl13069 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why would I feel ashamed to be white? What you are describing has been practised by every race and religion. This isn't the exclusive behaviour of the white race. It is only more obvious behaviour of the white race because we generally come from more affluent countries and are therefore more prominent in the news than Third World countries, where they are doing the exact same thing. Just remember, all the wars have been fought over religion, hate or greed. Religion spawns hate and hate spawns greed.
2007-02-08 07:19:21 · answer #3 · answered by rocksterraccoon 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋
No, I don't feel ashamed at all, in fact I take pride in my heritage (as should every other human on the face of the Earth). You cannot attribute all those things to a single race, and you certainly cannot say it's because the people were/are White that is the reason they did those things. I feel bad for you that you hate yourself so much.
2007-02-08 07:03:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
I feel very sad for people who think this way. Just because you are White, that does not mean you are racist. It's your views and opinions and assumptions about people. It doesn't matter who you are or who you date or who you "hang" with, if you have those, you can make some really jacked up judgments about people. I am dating a 45 year old gentleman who has never dated a black woman, he has 3 children by his ex-wife who is also White. I'm sure he expected certain things about me and I did about him as well, but once I began to know him I learned that he is not that person I thought he might have been. Totally the opposite, and I LOVE IT! I think that if you allow yourself to be open-minded and not as judgmental as we are brought up to be, then you won't see yourself as a racist and you'll be able to spot out potential racist people. And trust me, you can spot them out when they make their comments or do certain things around certain people, it's really sad that they have to live like that. Anyway, good luck.
2007-02-08 07:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by Girl, Empty 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think that everythig you mentioned has been done everywhere in the world, not just by white people. I think a great deal of it still goes on today, and by predominantly NOT white folk.
NO, I don't feel ashamed to be white. Why should I be ashamed of something I cannot help being? I don't think you should ever feel shame for things related to birth, only for your OWN personal actions.
2007-02-08 07:04:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Why should Whites be ashamed of their color? Man's nature, evil or otherwise, has nothing to do with the color of their skin. To put the blame on all that is wrong on white people is being simplistic and ignorant.
There are evil men in very culture, and to put the blame on white people for the ills of the world, is a sign of having being brainwashed and/or self imposed guilt that have nothing to do with the realities of life and the world.
2007-02-08 07:09:30 · answer #7 · answered by Puteri 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
i don't feel ashamed to be white,i have not raped or killed any minority,i do not oppress women and i don't rape the environment.i don't abuse children,i don't destroy animal habitats.i don't steal from enslaved minorities,or never did that I'm aware of.i am not a bigot against anything,perhaps your question should read,does anyone else feel ashamed to be human sometimes?
2007-02-08 07:04:56 · answer #8 · answered by jen 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Never! And you should quit letting white guilt and shame infiltrate your brain. We are what we are, and if you haven't committed these things, what are you worried about. White people have done many good things as well....That's just crazy...Every race and nation has committed acts of genocide and at the least brutality....
2007-02-08 09:10:37 · answer #9 · answered by fah_ker82 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What do you mean by "white"?
I am often embarrassed to be a citizen of the USA. I am often embarrassed to be human. Is that the same?
I can do nothing about the color of my skin. I was born this way. I guess i could get a tan or a bleach, but that is about it.
As far as my heritage, I am a mutt. I could claim many things including Scottish, German, Irish, English, French, and Native American. All of which have had their share of atrocities done by them and to them. None of which kept from intermarrying with their neighbors.
There is no such thing as the different "races" of mankind. It was a rather weak concept that was disproven back in the '50s and should have died (there used to be a belief in 3 races: Caucasoid, Mongoloid and *******).
There are different breeds of man, but only one race. There are millions of shades of skin.
No culture is innocent.
2007-02-08 07:21:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋