I hate being white....
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Also every race and culture has done terrible and great things-its called the progress of the Human race and bitching about it is idiotic.
I'm Dutch and my people where the biggest slave traders and you don't hear me whine about it. It's just something that happened then and will hopefully never happen again. That's why they teach us history, to learn from the mistakes of the past.
Neither your looks nor your ancestry define who you are. Our culture has made it's fair share of mistakes, but instead of crying to yourself, you can take action and DO something about it. Even if it's as simple as donating 5 dollars to an organization helping less fortunate people.
If you feel ashamed of being white, then do something as a white person to make yourself proud. Eventually everyone else will get the picture too.
If you feel ashamed of being white, then do something as a white person to make yourself proud. Eventually everyone else will get the picture too.
You know, some British reporter (can't remember who) once made a pretty good point regarding this...
He wrote a mock column demanding an apology from Rome for what the Roman Empire did to the other European people.
I honestly think that some of the apologetical acts governments do nowadays are actually starting to do some harm and creating some racial tensions.
There's no one alive today that had responsability in those acts. Our job is to insure stuff like that never happens again, not creating new racial differences.
Can anyone honestly tell me they don't see any chance that in a couple of decades, if things don't change, "whitey" will be asking for more rights and claiming they're being disciminated?
BTW, yes I'm white... And portuguese (arguably the country that started slavery, although if you really think about it, that's not exactly true
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He wrote a mock column demanding an apology from Rome for what the Roman Empire did to the other European people.
I honestly think that some of the apologetical acts governments do nowadays are actually starting to do some harm and creating some racial tensions.
There's no one alive today that had responsability in those acts. Our job is to insure stuff like that never happens again, not creating new racial differences.
Can anyone honestly tell me they don't see any chance that in a couple of decades, if things don't change, "whitey" will be asking for more rights and claiming they're being disciminated?
BTW, yes I'm white... And portuguese (arguably the country that started slavery, although if you really think about it, that's not exactly true
)
yeah because africans dont slave trade, the japanese never raided and murdered the chinese, moari never cannibalized...everyone. seriously, no race smells of roses. white people are no worse than anyone elseUbarElite said:
Are you a racist, shallow or otherwise less-than-awesome person? That's all you need to worry about. Who gives a fuck what people did more than half a century ago, judge yourself by your own actions.
Feel overly-privileged? Donate your time and money to those who need it.
Feel overly-privileged? Donate your time and money to those who need it.
Actually, you shoudn't be crying over it because being white is part of yourself and you should embrace who you are. This happened lots of years ago and its not like your the one responsible for it. Sure racism does happen but if your not the one causing it you shoudn't take pitty on yourself.
To be honest; this.
Don't take it as a bad thing. It's comedy, after all. Sure it holds a hint of truth, but it's funny. I found it funny even as a black guy.
Well, it's unanimous. The OP is being silly, or rather stupid, to an almost incomprehensible degree.
1. Lrn 2 history. Every race has committed terrible atrocities, do you think the Native Americans sat arouns holding hands until white people arrived? Nope, they already had significant practice at killing the shit out of each other and, lets not forget, butting the top of each other's heads off.
2. You are not responsible for your ancestor's crimes, white guilt and anyone who feels it is retarded. My country was conquered by the Romans about two thousand years ago, many of the people were enslaved, raped and killed, do I think the Italians of today should even give a shit? Nope.
3. You are silly, very very silly.
1. Lrn 2 history. Every race has committed terrible atrocities, do you think the Native Americans sat arouns holding hands until white people arrived? Nope, they already had significant practice at killing the shit out of each other and, lets not forget, butting the top of each other's heads off.
2. You are not responsible for your ancestor's crimes, white guilt and anyone who feels it is retarded. My country was conquered by the Romans about two thousand years ago, many of the people were enslaved, raped and killed, do I think the Italians of today should even give a shit? Nope.
3. You are silly, very very silly.
You're extremely oversensitive if you've cried over race crimes that happened before you were even born. To answer your question, I don't feel like this at all. Sure, what happened in the past is regrettable, but you can't do anything to change that and you can't do anything to change your race.
Suck it up, be proud of who you are, and accept everyone as a person.
Suck it up, be proud of who you are, and accept everyone as a person.
What have you done personally against the native people and coloured people? Nothing? There you go. Do you blame the grandchildren of the Nazis for what they did? No you don't, so don't worry about it. It's not your fault.
Just to clarify some things. I'm not trolling, I'm a woman, and I haven't replied yet because I'm reading everything and taking it all in. Also what I posted was 100% genuine. That really is how I feel inside. Oh and the whole 'privileged' thing is a component of sadness I feel.
This has been enlightening...really it has. I'll say that in my own experiences reading some history and documentaries and such I gained this idea that 'other cultures' (especially the native noes) were a wonderland of piece and prosperity with a simple life attached to nature. or that unlike like 'white people' they had honor, and traditions that went back to the beginning of time.
I guess in a way I've been concentrating on one thing so much it's warped my own view of myself...and the skin I live in....
I'm still listening...perhaps learning as well...
This has been enlightening...really it has. I'll say that in my own experiences reading some history and documentaries and such I gained this idea that 'other cultures' (especially the native noes) were a wonderland of piece and prosperity with a simple life attached to nature. or that unlike like 'white people' they had honor, and traditions that went back to the beginning of time.
I guess in a way I've been concentrating on one thing so much it's warped my own view of myself...and the skin I live in....
I'm still listening...perhaps learning as well...
lolnoblesavages.
And lolwhiteguilt.
The Native Americans were people, just like everyone else. They exploited the land around them to the maximum extent possible, drove most of the megafauna of both continents into extinction within a few thousand years of their arrival, destroyed their environments to the point of total societal collapse on several occasions, and basically did the same thing as every other human culture on the planet has done whenever their abilities allowed them to.
That includes war and genocide.
And lolwhiteguilt.
The Native Americans were people, just like everyone else. They exploited the land around them to the maximum extent possible, drove most of the megafauna of both continents into extinction within a few thousand years of their arrival, destroyed their environments to the point of total societal collapse on several occasions, and basically did the same thing as every other human culture on the planet has done whenever their abilities allowed them to.
That includes war and genocide.
bah. I can do whatever i'm white!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsN-G6W4d9A
JK. why are you crying over what people did a long time ago. you're you, not them. you did not do those things, they did. they're the horrible people not you. if you really feel bad you should help the people who you feel you've wronged and do some community service or whatever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsN-G6W4d9A
JK. why are you crying over what people did a long time ago. you're you, not them. you did not do those things, they did. they're the horrible people not you. if you really feel bad you should help the people who you feel you've wronged and do some community service or whatever.