UPDATE: Due to harsh commentary and varied opinions that I have received via blog comments and e-mail (hysterical anti-white racists), I feel it necessary to explain my position in further detail. My original post follows below, starting with the quotation.
I am not a white supremacist - indeed the phrase "White pride" has been marred by those people, but I use it in a different context.
I have been proud of my heritage and ancestry since I was a young child, for me White pride is not a reactionary impulse. Are you not proud of your heritage? I believe almost every human being on earth is proud of who they are, and for good reason!
I would like to point out that White pride is different for every person, just as Black pride, Asian pride or Gay pride is different for each of them. I personally am proud of my Scotch/English/German heritage. I personally am proud of the way our ancestors beat back the Roman oppressors. We do, in fact, have a shared history that goes back a long way, all the way to another continent.
Every person who is proud of anything is proud for their own reasons. All blacks did not come from the same place, they came from different tribes, different parts of the world. The ONE thing that they do have in common is that they are all black. I respect that, it gives them a sense of unity, of belonging... just as White pride does for me.
It's not about putting anyone else down, it's about not buying into the hype that whites are bad because they oppressed minorities in the past... well shame on those bad examples of white history for their oppression, there were plenty of whites against slavery, you know. Shame on the oppressive black African tribes who murdered, raped, brutalized, captured, enslaved and sold rival African tribe members to whites in the first place. Shame on the terrorists for making Muslims look bad. There are bad examples in every race, but entire races should not be denied their right to pride because of a bad few.
I do not oppress anyone - I respect everyone and am proud for them when they speak of Black pride, Asian pride, Gay pride or whatever - as I would hope they'd be proud for me. We all have reasons to be proud, role models to look up to in our own race - this is a good thing. I personally have black friends who have viewed my blog and who agree with me. They are proud to be black, I am proud to be white... we are proud to be Americans - the great melting pot.
I encourage EVERYONE IN THE WORLD to be proud of who they are and where they come from. If not for that pride that we all hold at some level, what kind of world would this be?
Original post:
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, etc. and then there are just Americans.
You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You call me "White boy," "Cracker," "Honkey," "Whitey," "Gringo," "Caveman" and that's OK
But when I call you Nigger, Spic, Towelhead, Sand-Nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Kike, Gook, or Chink you call me a racist.You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month
If we had White History Month, we'd be racists.You have the NAACP
If we had any organization for only whites to "advance" our lives, we'd be racists.You have the United Negro College Fund
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships, you know we'd be racists.There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US, yet
if there were "White only colleges" that would be a racist college.You have BET
If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) we'd be racists.You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi
If we had a White Pride Day you would call us racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce - and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for that?
In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights
If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it
When we announce our white pride, you call us racists.You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us - When a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist. see example
I am proud. But, you call me a racist. Why is it that only whites can be racists?
Anti-white racists become hysterical whenever the subject of white pride comes up; they consider white pride illegitimate.
The French have a saying; "all nations believe they are the best, and all nations are right."
In other words, Blacks think they are the best and they are right; Jews think they are the best and they are right; Arabs think they are the best and they are right; Whites think they are the best and risk persecution for it.
The dictionary defines "racism" as discrimination based on race. Everyone can be proud of their heritage except whites. This is discrimination based on race. So the issue is not why whites think they are the best, the issue is: Why are you so racist that you discriminate against whites by denying them equal rights?
Check out this article about racism.
5 comments :
well said my friend,will pop in now and again,keep fighting,NEVER SURRENDER!.
i don't like racist :p
LOL! Watch it now, he can open bottles with his teeth...
Well, Renegade, you make a very good point.
The whole time I read your post, thoughts of Nationalist groups/ Nazis/ Neo-Nazis popped into my head as the reason we're 'scared' to be proud to be white.
I found myself reassessing my own thinking. I don't consider myself racist, in that I consider all races equal, but I found I had to agree with you - I am racist against my own race!! What an eye-opener.
As many Germans I've met still have a problem with shame about their past with the world wars, I believe I have been carrying around the burden of shame for the way white people have treated other races. (I fully recognise we haven't the monopoly on this, but I guess we are more aware of our own heritage)
Thanks - you've given me food for thought!
Very good post in my opinion,For a long time white pride has been Frown upon and even known as being racist. I'm very proud of my heritage being chzech&German.
I face some of the same problem's with my kids, when my son was beat up by 3 older mexican kids for having a bald head my son is 6 years old the kids from what i know were 10-11,
Now most likly they went home and got praised for sticking up for there heritage or w/e when if it was 3 white kids on a mexican/black or any other nationality it would be racist anyway i agree with what you say and as for the racist kids who beat up my sons got a fierce talking to by my kids 4, 12-16 year old cousins at the bus stop,funny thing is 2 of the cousin are half mexican,LMAO
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