>i hate him because if i stood up and said, > >"MAN, im so f***ing proud to be white, lets all celebrate my WHITENESS" > >i would be a racist.
Just had to reply to this, because it is just SOOO wrong. The reason it is different to say this is that being black has a cultural, racial identity with it. It's not just about skin color. Just saying you are white is not a cultural identity. If however, you said I'm Irish, and proud of it, no one would object. Nor would they object if you were proud to be Hispanic....or for that matter, proud to be an American. But saying you are proud to be white is saying you are proud of your skin color at the exclusion of all else...and THAT indeed is racist. This is also why there is some objection in the African-American community to Obama. He may be black in terms of skin color, but he does not share the same cultural identity that blacks borne in this country do. --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232293 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
