Can't be proud to be black??????? What is UP?

Question

Why can white people have "Italian Pride Festivels" and where shirts that say "Everyone Loves and Irish girl". Have huge Greek Parades, that block busy streets for hours.

Yet if a black person was to where a shirt that says "Everyone loves a black girl" or have a "Black Pride Parade" it would be totally unexceptible. And when a black person wears and afro and African style clothing they are too Afro-centric.??

We have to just be BLACK since we don't know where exactly we are from. But why is it okay for a white girl to say "Im italian and I loooooooooooove it", but people roll their eyes when someone says "I'm black and I loooooooooove it. WHY????

Answer 1

Def. for pride taken out of the websters dictonary..
PRIDE-1 : the quality or state of being proud: as a : inordinate self-esteem : CONCEIT b : a reasonable or justifiable self-respect c : delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or relationship
--------So dont let ignorant people bug u,,pride isnt whats on the outside,,but what is on the inside,,if u let sum 1 get u down about urself,,then u dont have that much pride inside u.

Answer 2

I am sooo past the color of one's skin!!!
One should love whoever they are.
African-American people are beautiful!!! There is beauty in every race.
Oprah Winfrey is African-American!!! She is sooo successful!!! She didn't get there by being racist.
You don't have to "just be black" You are putting yourself down and your race, too. You COULD wear a shirt that says I'm Beautiful!!! DNA testing could tell you EXACTLY from where in Africa you were descended!!! I admire cultural clothing. It tells me that a person takes pride in their culture, and that is not a bad thing. Martin Luther King Jr. had marches to bring about change in America in the way African-American people are treated. Those were the first Black Pride Parades!!! Those marches were met with much resistance at first, but changes did come about.
Get the best education you can!!! Be smart!!! Be proud of who you are, and everywhere you go, you will have your very own Black Pride Parade!!! The color of you skin says nothing of who you are!!! I have never seen an African-American who is truly black!!! The color black does not describe the beautiful brown tones of African-American skin.
I used to get very tan, and although I am a white woman, I could have passed for an African-American woman!!!
By the way, I see Gay Pride Parades with all races included, but I do not (outside of ignorant KKK meetings) see any White Pride Parades, or any racially-motivated parades. Descrimination also comes in all colours. I see Christmas Parades and Easter Parades--all races welcome!!!
Be the best YOU that you can be.
Good luck and may God bless you.
P.S. Enjoy your parades!!!

Answer 3

Of course you can be proud to be Black. Pride does not come or necessarily have to show itself in wearing a T shirt. It is your heritage and so it is part of who you are. However, pride in Italian, Arab, Black, or whatever your heritage, should be shown in the way you conduct your life--be a walking testament to the beauty of your people, your family, and more importantly, yourself.

If others have a problem with you putting your Black pride out there, then just keep walking with pride and don't worry about it. But, make sure you are a source of pride to the race as well in the way you live. Be SOMEBODY, not just a member of a race.

Answer 4

Who says that you can't? There is nothing wrong with being proud of who and what you are. I think the problem comes in when people are supposedly proud of something they do not understand. Many blacks, especially younger ones, know very little about their history or origins. They have some vague concept that they are supposed to be or do certain things, and they accept some generalized concept of African history from bits and pieces of uninformed information here and there. Once you have truly researched your past and have an accpeted, correct version of your history, by all means be proud of it and celebrate it. However, we should remember that regardless of our biological origins, if we are living and creating a life in the US, we are Americans, nothing more and nothing less. That is what we should be the most proud of and celebrate. That is the culture we should embrace rather than trying to force others to accept some ill-informed concept of another culture.

Answer 5

I believe you're far off base . People of Italian decent are called pisanos , dagoes . guineas , all sort of off-color names . Try that with the blacks , they go bananas over the n-word .
Every group imagines the other groups are given a better deal . When we stop thinking of ourselves as English , French , Irish , black , oriental , whatever - -- and be just plain Americans , we'll be much better off.
It bothers the dickens out of me to hear someone say , " I'm Italian " , when they were born and raised in America .
Instead of , " I'm black , or I'm African-American " , Wouldn't it be better to just say , " I'm an American " ? If anyone questions that answer , just say , " So my skin is darker than some , so what " .
In the meantime don't overwork your imagination about it being okay to be one thing , but not another .

Answer 6

Black people have a lot of pride and show it all the time. Did you see the Jena 6 protest? But showing pride in your race sometimes can be confused for showing disrespect for other races. Why can't we just be proud to be Americans? That's the one, true race in our country. We are a melting pot for the entire world. Isn't that something we can truly be proud of? I love all of my white, black, Italian, Greek, German, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, English, Spanish, Mexican, South American, Australian, (sorry if I left anyone out) brothers and sisters the same. When you single your race or nationality out, you are contributing to the divide between all of our cultures. Let's all be one culture and be happy about it.

Answer 7

Maybe because I'm white I see it the exact opposite. We don't get parades, college funds, or diversity groups at work... I've seen plenty of black people wearing pride stuff. I think that people in general (white, black or otherwise) see the offenses to their kind easier than the reverse. By the way - Irish doesn't have anything to do with a color of skin, it is simply saying they are, or decended, from Ireland. I say wear what ever you want, fix your hair however you want, and be glad to be AMERICAN. Thats what I think - lets just all be american and be proud!

Answer 8

Sweetie, African Americans have only celebrated the culture that has been established in the United States. Our heritage has been generalized to the continent of Africa. Very few of us know what countries we are from in Africa. When we traveled to the Americas, we weren't allowed to bring our culture. We have only established pride in being African American, and the struggles that we have endured in this land. That's what makes us different from every other culture in the United States. Continue to wear your shirts and your fro and wear it with pride.

Answer 9

Well, there is "Black History Month," but no White History Month.

As well, most Whites in America who claim Italian ancestry are not 100% Italian anyway. They're kind of splitting hairs, if you know what I mean.

No one complains about Black pride. There is even BET, and no one complains about that.

Answer 10

Ok, I don't know where you live, but where I live (one of the largest US cities) I see "It's A Black Thing, You Wouldn't Understand" type stuff all over the place. If anything, I witness the opposite of what you are reporting. Where I live, if you are glad to be White, you are considered racist.