RuPaul's drag races are the only race things that I understand. Personally I'm part human race and part undecided.
Being white is so 5 minutes ago. It's cool to not be white. I tell people I'm half australasian and it sounds really exotic.
I am navajo, german, english and jewish. Quite a mutt, and the labels are annoying with me, bc I am white, and native american and such. a big mixture. I dont really like the labels, I mean they just describe what race I am, but dont tell who I am. I am who I am. when I tell people what I am, I always mention the white aka caucasian parts, I am not ashamed of it. Every race had a bad history of hurting others. Maybe I am weird like that. (my grandma talks of the holocaust a lot, and how many relatives she lost and it is sad, and on my other side, my other grandma has german in her, and so it is pretty ironic)
I know half black/half white people who are racist towards whites and claim to be all black and lie to all their black friends. I also know half white/half mexicans who join mexican gangs and assault whites and go around saying brown pride. yeah it is dumb. but I also know of 100% mexicans who join with the white groups such as bros and skinheads and assault blacks and certain mexican gangs. I also know of asians who say nigga just as much as ghetto gangsta blacks.
how is it cool not to be white? being white is fine. Europe has a very interesting history. Vikings, castles, knights, and all that stuff. plus white is such a big mix of races. plus there are some races labeled as white and lots of the people of these countries are dark skinned like hispanics. for example: Spain, Armenia, and Sicily(Italy) the island under the boot. list a few plus mexico is mostly spanish mixed with the aztecs, mayans and other original groups. there is also a little bit of chinese in some areas. South america: is the orignal inhabitants mixed with italians, portugese, african, and spanish. so almost any mexican or south american is white. so sure they can represent their country but if they are mexican american how can they hate whites if they are white? they can't say because they represent mexico because they are american so they represent america.
Apparently you have a rich tapestry of friends. This is just a maybe, but perhaps everyone you know is a moron?
I'm sure if you were in an area where strained race relationships were more apparent it would seem more day to day. Still as odd, and a pretty shocking phenomenon. I myself feel no particular affinity towards my own race, and I only feel slightly aware of it now because I'm the only white person within a 20 block radius, and get called barang a lot. It's not usually used with malice.
Hi OneExodus, I Have Never Heard Of The Term "Mulatto", Rather Than Google It And Get A Thousand Different Versions, Could You Please Define It For Me.... Cheers Glen.
"Mulatto denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent, or more broadly, a person of mixed black and white ancestry.[1] Contemporary usage of the term varies greatly, and the broader sense of the term makes its application rather subjective, as not all people of mixed white and black ancestry choose to self-identify as mulatto" - Wikipedia
There's nothing wrong with respecting your roots. But with all due respect, isn't pride something that comes from personal accomplishments? If that's what brown pride means to you that's fine.... Without sounding too much like a hippie, can't people just get along?
Race, not just ethnicity or nationality, is also a social construct. People choose what they are by what they look like the most. If you were half black or half asian but looked like you just came out of Norway you'd be calling yourself white.
I met a black kid that likes Dream theater last night at a party and his going to start a fight with some white kid and some random dude screams " Oreo fight!" lol