>Mary Jo! For the first time ever I have to disagree with you. Just like >there are different white cultures, there are different black cultures. >Blacks come from hundreds of different countries. So saying you are proud to >be black is exactly the same as saying you are proud to be white ...
Well, since I only read this over the web, I have NO idea who I am replying to...but I certainly don't expect anyone to always agree with me. ;-) And certainly this is a topic wide open when it comes to debate. I should have not jumped in in the first place, and won't have time to continue it...but to clarify my own feelings on it will just say this: Yes, there are different black cultures, but in this country, being black is considered to have a unique heritage and cultural identity....a shared past. There is far more in common among different black cultures in our country than you can identify as a white culture. Is it the WASPs? Jewish Americans? Strictly anyone of European descent? Or Russian Americans? Regardless of whether you believe there truly is a white culture or not, when people celebrate being black, it's a celebration of their heritage and what they have overcome. There is a common identity and culture there that you can't apply to white America as a whole. Nor does celebrating being black have the same tones of oppression over other races that celebrating being white does. So yes, you can be proud of your heritage and what your ancestors may have achieved...but in our country celebrating "whiteness" has strong racial overtones associated. And yes, I do think that saying someone is "too white" is certainly racist as well. That's neither here nor there in regards to whether someone can be "proud" to be white. --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232317 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
