I feel we need a PSA on how white is a constructed term to reinforce white supremacy (a common tool of imperialism and capital) and is in itself a horrid way to group people (as it is also employed to destroy cultures of people as they are subsumed into the "white" category) but also that white is a self embraced title by many in America as a way to get into the in group and avoid out group status even on a subconscious level as well as reinforced in many American cultural aspects.
This comes from a mayo that really fucking hates the term white and would rather be refereed to as anything else.
Im an american, there is no culture, this country took everyone who came from europe and put them theough the cjeese grater and the wringer, the melting pot only melted everything that gave us a connected identity and strained it out. Theres no other way to desribe the mayo devils from the americas, besides maybe settler. Take awY the racism and there's nothing else. The only whites rhat have culture are ones in proxmitiy to people of color, and its all stolen
Uhg, I feel this and it legit hurts - I wish I had a connection to a culture. Any local European cultural festivals where I live are all so contrived and hollowed out by commercial interests, pride just an advertising fest. We've had some art related events that started off pretty cool, like it could have developed new culture. But every year it just turns more and more hyper religious and commercial.
I try to reframe things and just enjoy this stuff, but it's still a shit sandwich.
In all honesty? That'd prolly work kinda, but I feel white culture besides being racist has nothing else monolithic that separates them compared to other ethnic groups in America (like everyone participates in St Paddys day and no one is really "Irish American"). Like in all truth white culture is really fucking hollow and is legit just consume, be racist, support the imperial machine, worship "Jesus", reproduce, then die with variations only existing if you are rich white (capitalist shit) or poor/working class white (i.e. buy a shitload of guns and abuse meth/alcohol/wife).
Honestly, I agree with the fact that white culture is like western culture, the top surface-level understanding of any European culture and American culture you have, with its bubbles, alienated to make a homogenous culture and thus create a superstructure above that...
On the other hand, you could celebrate your ethnic origins personally, in a more socialist-oriented national-liberation way than a national chauvinist one (eg. Welsh and Irish rebels), or do something for your local indigenous people...
I mean, damn your country and some of its people for all ye want personally, but don't be too hard on yourself...
Being anti-white shan't be anti-you (original text: not anti-European)
Idk. I don't think that Europeans have culture either. Even the best European food is bland and unseasoned, and it's not just the food. The music, fashion, dancing, etc... I don't think many POC have had the cajones to tell white leftists "sorry Kevin, but your grandma's unseasoned bordcht and goofy ass river dancing isn't really culture."
I feel we need a PSA on how white is a constructed term to reinforce white supremacy (a common tool of imperialism and capital) and is in itself a horrid way to group people (as it is also employed to destroy cultures of people as they are subsumed into the "white" category) but also that white is a self embraced title by many in America as a way to get into the in group and avoid out group status even on a subconscious level as well as reinforced in many American cultural aspects.
This comes from a mayo that really fucking hates the term white and would rather be refereed to as anything else.
Im an american, there is no culture, this country took everyone who came from europe and put them theough the cjeese grater and the wringer, the melting pot only melted everything that gave us a connected identity and strained it out. Theres no other way to desribe the mayo devils from the americas, besides maybe settler. Take awY the racism and there's nothing else. The only whites rhat have culture are ones in proxmitiy to people of color, and its all stolen
Oh, lmao... I think you're on point there with that...
Uhg, I feel this and it legit hurts - I wish I had a connection to a culture. Any local European cultural festivals where I live are all so contrived and hollowed out by commercial interests, pride just an advertising fest. We've had some art related events that started off pretty cool, like it could have developed new culture. But every year it just turns more and more hyper religious and commercial.
I try to reframe things and just enjoy this stuff, but it's still a shit sandwich.
So what're ye? Euro-American?
In all honesty? That'd prolly work kinda, but I feel white culture besides being racist has nothing else monolithic that separates them compared to other ethnic groups in America (like everyone participates in St Paddys day and no one is really "Irish American"). Like in all truth white culture is really fucking hollow and is legit just consume, be racist, support the imperial machine, worship "Jesus", reproduce, then die with variations only existing if you are rich white (capitalist shit) or poor/working class white (i.e. buy a shitload of guns and abuse meth/alcohol/wife).
Honestly, I agree with the fact that white culture is like western culture, the top surface-level understanding of any European culture and American culture you have, with its bubbles, alienated to make a homogenous culture and thus create a superstructure above that...
On the other hand, you could celebrate your ethnic origins personally, in a more socialist-oriented national-liberation way than a national chauvinist one (eg. Welsh and Irish rebels), or do something for your local indigenous people...
I mean, damn your country and some of its people for all ye want personally, but don't be too hard on yourself...
Being anti-white shan't be anti-you (original text: not anti-European)
Note: you can be anti-European
Idk. I don't think that Europeans have culture either. Even the best European food is bland and unseasoned, and it's not just the food. The music, fashion, dancing, etc... I don't think many POC have had the cajones to tell white leftists "sorry Kevin, but your grandma's unseasoned bordcht and goofy ass river dancing isn't really culture."
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Im just anti american i think, but i guess it shows how racist i am when i think yankee i just think of whitey
Tbf, the introduction of Europe to the Americas was a major development in creating modern racism..
Americsns are devoid of culture thqt isnt capitakism and hatred, there's nothing left
Makes sense... but don't forget the damned Auzzies, Canucks, et Afrikaners...