I think you are wrong, Mary Jo. It is racist in the other direction, too.
You are saying there are no cultural similarities for whites? Or are you saying those cultural similarities are inclusive, and not exclusively white? Why, then, is it often a putdown for blacks to say to another "you sound white", or "you are white"? The very argument you are saying is being made against Obama? That he is culturally too "white" for some? Either there is a cultural identity to being white, just as there is to being black, or all of the people you mentioned are glaring hypocrites. Which is it? On 4/11/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232297 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
