I always hear people on TV saying that they are proud to be black. I have never heard anyone (short of like, some kind of KKK member or something on TV) saying that they are proud to be white. I'm white, and I'm proud of who I am. Including the fact that I'm white. But I think if I said that, it would be construed as "racist", even though I don't feel that I am racist. So is it a racist thing to say that you're proud to be white?
2007-03-19 22:10:57 · 18 answers · asked by um yeah... 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
No bro it's not racist to say u are proud to be white,everybody has a right to say they are proud to be the race they are ,because we all have equal rights . Just like me I am proud to be black and u should also be proud to be white .It's just that sometimes when u say u are proud to be white other people seem to believe that what u are really saying is that there's something wrong with being black and really that is stupid for me because as much as they are proud to be black other people as well are proud to be the race they are. so bro be as much proud as u want the is nothing wrong with it.
2007-03-19 22:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is anything wrong with it at all. I think white pride can sometimes be mistakenly lumped in with those who are truly racist and believe that only whites have contributed toward this world. It can come off as imperious though. But in no way should whites not be proud of who they are, nor should any other race. We've all done the good and the bad.
The reasons blacks have a tendency to say they are proud to be black is because often, the media representation has a way of making them feel the opposite. Its just an affirmation amongst themselves that they are proud of themselves, despite all that they have experienced.
2007-03-19 22:41:23 · answer #2 · answered by JAdorE 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you acting in such a manner then you can be proud of your self no matter what color you are!!
As for the racism in that is because whites have put the blacks under attack and killed them and done all possible things because they are black. And now today they have over come it so they proud of the fact that they are black. While whites have not come under any attack or anything from blacks to now proudly say that they’re proud of their color! Still, in certain levels the racism against blacks till continue but in very small scale.
So that’s the point behind the whole thing of being black and white and being proud!!
2007-03-19 22:19:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not racist to be proud to be whoever and whatever you are ,I'm a proud black woman ,now i would be racist if i started saying that i was better than everyone else because I'm black get it
You can be proud of who you are and your race but you shouldn't act as if everyone else is beneath you because you are a certain race that's the racist part of it
2007-03-20 02:06:31 · answer #4 · answered by canielany 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That good ole' double standard coming into play...I feel no matter what race or creed you are, you shouldn't feel ashamed of being you or what you are...I'm white, Native American, and Irish, and proud of it, and far from being a racist. To answer your question, no, it's not being racist to say your proud of being white.
2007-03-19 22:23:28 · answer #5 · answered by Safaia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is fine to be proud of your race, nationality, religion, and any personal values/characteristics that you hold as long as you do not take it to the level of discriminiation. If you take your "pride" to the point that you think every other race/nationality is inferior to you, that is when you have a problem. If you are proud of your heritage, but still view other people and their heritages as equal, you are not being racist in any way.
2007-03-19 22:35:11 · answer #6 · answered by BRitE 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not racist if you say you are proud to be whoever you are, it is racist if you say (especially to someone of another nationality/ethicity) "White is the superior, better choice." Be careful that pride doesn't become a superiority complex. There is room to be proud of your background, but I would suggest focussing on being proud of being your nationality versus your race. For example, "My grandparents came from Ireland and I am proud to be a quarter Irish." That way it's not about the COLOR. Most people who are proud to be black are talking about their ancestry not nessecarily their color.
2007-03-19 22:14:31 · answer #7 · answered by meraphetamine 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
that's because of the fact people think of it comes off as racist, on condition that they're those that usually go around spouting off approximately how proud they're to be white. In u.s., all people has to stay in a white international (Anglo Saxon white constructive factors are seen the main perfect, whites look in maximum ideal roles in video clips, etc.), and that's extremely effortless to cave and consider white people as extra perfect and to consequentially, grow to be ashamed of one's very own race. it is very genuine for African individuals because of the fact their ancestors have been slaves, which maximum folk evaluate very shameful certainly. they have additionally had to bear many different injustices and degradation after their freedom, much extra shameful. So whilst a black guy or woman says that they are proud to be black, people pat them on the decrease back. once you go around asserting which you're proud to be white, people get aggravated. that's sort of a given which you ought to be proud to be white so a techniques as individuals are in contact (even regardless of the undeniable fact that maximum non-whites will deny it...). that's sort of like seeing a deformed woman get plastic surgical treatment so she would be able to stay a "commonplace existence" and then seeing an already exceptionally woman get plastic surgical treatment basically so she would be able to look even prettier. the two ladies technically have each and every right to get surgical treatment, yet one's coming an prolonged way whilst the different is basically pushing herself bigger than maximum folk experience is needed.
2016-10-02 10:43:03 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in todays society most people saying that they are proud to be white are viewed as racist. people however saying that they are proud to be black however are not. i dont know why this is but it probably has something to do with racial discrimination.
2007-03-19 22:16:40 · answer #9 · answered by big eaty monster 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
i am curious to know what they are so proud of.
non-muslem african countries never even developed a written language. and today they are cutting the breasts off of women and the hands off of children with machetes in Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Lione, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe and countless other barbaric countries there.
and 70-80 % of american blacks grow up in single parent families. why is that ? and why don't they value education and civility ?
2007-03-20 00:41:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋