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No one ever thought being white was something to be ashamed of. Really? Quite a lot of people think so.
by V-2 12y ago
No one ever thought being white was something to be ashamed of.
Really? Quite a lot of people think so.
- oneeyedpigeon 12y agoMaybe, but only out of guilt, as a reaction to what has occurred throughout history. Not 'just because' they're white.
- V-2 12y agoThis feeling of guilt is still a social construct and a negative auto-stereotype though, because being white by itself doesn't make anyone responsible for - say - slavery, or Holocaust. After all, these atrocities were not an effect of being white as such, unless we somehow internalize a notion than whites are in some way genetically inclined towards committing genocide etc.
- wuliwong 12y agoIt is not only out of guilt. In sports or music, many people are ashamed of being white. In the U.S. it is nearly a foregone conclusion that you will not be a good musician or athlete if you are white. White kids who desire to pursue those things definitely can feel shame which has no feeling of guilt attached to it. I'm not trying to make some grand statement about racism or the effects, just giving a pretty cut and dry counter point to the idea that white people never feel shame about their skin color aside from guilt.
- V-2 12y agoI think the notion that "no one ever thought being white was something to be ashamed of [for reason other than guilt]" does not stem from observaton or experience as much as it is an ideological construct - ie. it is needed to fit nicely into a preassumed political theory