Is it Politically correct to be ashamed of being Caucasian?

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02 Nov 2015, 9:51 am

LoveNotHate wrote:
Pretty much everyone in America has some European ancestry

Which makes it funny to see Hispanics (~50% European ancestry) telling a "white person" of ~80% European ancestry , "YOU STOLE THIS LAND".

Not to mention the fact that they had no use for this land until we made the improvements, but now they want to immigrate in droves. I have seen estimates where they believe that their Spanish ancestors caused the deaths of millions of Native Americans.


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02 Nov 2015, 10:03 am

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Good Grief!

If I took seriously every claim on what I should be ashamed of, then I would have to be ashamed of being white, well-educated, male, straight, employed, affluent, a military veteran, married to an Asian woman, living in a nice neighborhood, and driving a foreign-made car.

I refuse to be ashamed of any of these things, and I really don't care what some classist, racist, sexist goober-brain says to the contrary.

... and I mean that in the nicest way possible.


lol

I suspect AspieOtaku's next topic will be, "Is it politically incorrect to have a penis?"



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02 Nov 2015, 10:03 am

This is absurd. Why should anyone be ashamed of their race? It's not exactly optional. If people want something to be ashamed of then it should be their own actions when they are out of line. Out of line would include things like intentionally mistreating others, stealing, abusing etc...



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02 Nov 2015, 10:11 am

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I just wonder this, because sometimes it seems to be politically correct you must be ashamed of being Caucasian as well as being heterosexual and take the blame and feel the burden all the racism and other crimes the Caucasian race has committed towards others. It seems stupid but it seems that way time to check my priviledge.


You're either putting us all on.

Or you're excessively prone to taking things personally that have nothing to with you as a person.

That Europeans rose to dominate the planet after 1500 AD doesn't make you (a White person) superior, but it also doesn't make a White person inferior. Taking pride in achievements you had nothing to do with, or being ashamed of crimes done centuries ago that you personally had nothing to do with are equally ridiculous. I praise you for not expressing bigotry against other races, but don't be bigoted against yourself either.



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02 Nov 2015, 10:11 am

A ridiculous way of saying "white person". Used mostly by Americans.
The incorrect term used to label a "white" man or woman. The word Caucasian refers to a person who is from the region of Caucasus, which is in Europe bordering Turkey and Iran. Therefore, I am not a Caucasian being that I am not from Caucasus.
I am European. In continental Europe, "Caucasian" currently refers exclusively to people who are from the Caucasus.



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02 Nov 2015, 10:18 am

By the way, when I said ...

Fnord wrote:
... I really don't care what some classist, racist, sexist goober-brain says to the contrary ...
... I was not referring to any one individual in particular, but collectively those xgoober-brainsx people who believe that an individual should be ashamed of their affluence, ancestry, or gender - those goober-brains!


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02 Nov 2015, 10:22 am

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02 Nov 2015, 11:42 am

To be completely politically correct you should be ashamed of being human.
Fortutantly for me I do not have this problem. :P


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02 Nov 2015, 12:26 pm

Misslizard wrote:
To be completely politically correct you should be ashamed of being human.
Fortutantly for me I do not have this problem. :P


:lol:

A good place to end this thread!



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02 Nov 2015, 12:36 pm

Caucasian doesn't really mean anything to me to begin with....except a term loosely tied to 'white' people that shows up in race selection things of surveys and what not, but is inaccurate. But if you are using caucasian to mean white though then no, I do not see the point of being ashamed over it.


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02 Nov 2015, 2:34 pm

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What is this WASP culture I keep hearing about? I only know of maybe two kinds of wasps: The ones that sting really bad and a heavy metal band my brother and I saw on TV when we were younger. My brother said WASP stood for We Are Sensible People. :lol:

In my college years WASP stood for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Over the years added connotations included conservative voting, gun toting, blue collar, and the "good ole' boy" list goes on and on. I think I can say with fair certainty that NONE of my white friends practise the WASP lifestyle outside of their skin colour.


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02 Nov 2015, 3:54 pm

I don't know, maybe?



Just to be one the safe side:

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Sorry for all the sacking. Also sorry for founding Russia.

Sincere belated apologies

Scandinavia.


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02 Nov 2015, 4:05 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
AspieOtaku wrote:
I just wonder this, because sometimes it seems to be politically correct you must be ashamed of being Caucasian as well as being heterosexual and take the blame and feel the burden all the racism and other crimes the Caucasian race has committed towards others. It seems stupid but it seems that way time to check my priviledge.


You're either putting us all on.

Or you're excessively prone to taking things personally that have nothing to with you as a person.

That Europeans rose to dominate the planet after 1500 AD doesn't make you (a White person) superior, but it also doesn't make a White person inferior. Taking pride in achievements you had nothing to do with, or being ashamed of crimes done centuries ago that you personally had nothing to do with are equally ridiculous. I praise you for not expressing bigotry against other races, but don't be bigoted against yourself either.


I wish I could prop this.


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02 Nov 2015, 6:31 pm

You are not your race/ethnicity, you are an individual.



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02 Nov 2015, 8:00 pm

I am of the Wolfman ethnicity....and I feel no shame

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03 Nov 2015, 12:54 am

If you say your proud of being white its racist but if you say your proud of being black Hispanic Asian etc its not!


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