I hate being white....

[Leon Last Lord Shyle]

There is one thing that has always confused me about this whole "white guilt" shit about slavery yes it was bad but its over now at least in this sense, but white people aren't the only people who caused slavery, don't remember it properly but were the tribes not selling other black people to the white men... they where aiding and abetting slavery themselves why do we get all the shit.

 

[richd213]

"The son is not responsible for the crimes of the father"

Seriously this. You haven't done anything wrong. If you feel bad, do something to make things more equal between races don't moan about how people with the same colour skin as you did some bad things to other people some time.

It's like moaning about how you feel bad having brown hair because hitler and stalin had brown hair.

 

[omega 616]

maybe change your avatar?

Hahaha! Not very often I actually "LOL" at something at the net like I just did. Seriously just laughed out loud. Well done!

So you want to be black? Wait, in Rio black people kill all the time, not to mention black people are associated with gang culture. What about the Asian? Wait they had ninja and samurai's, theres also the Yakuza.

So what colour do you want to be? No matter what you pick they are all the same.

I would love to know how the native people are superior to you or how the actions of ignorant white supremacists effects you.

It seems you put way too much weight behind skin colour, how pigmented your skin is has nothing to do with who you are as a person. You could be the meanest, nastiest white person who a saint ... some goes for black, Asian or Smurf.

 

[Alon Shechter]

One thing I hate more than a black man taking advantage of his skin color is a white man allowing the black man to take advantage over him because of his skin color.
Of course, there are things that I hate much more, and that sentence wasn't exactly understandable anyways, so hardidy hardi ha.

What the heck... this is hilarious, it sounds like you copy pasted some Twilight monologue.

Do you also hate how you sparkle in the sun?

I was eating watermelon and it sort of slipped out of my mouth and onto the keyboard...
Man, that was funny. An internet for you, sir.

 

[deserteagleeye]

Anyone who blames/criticizes you for what your ancestors "may" have done is an ignorant prick. You and the people around you should only judge you by what "YOU" do.

 

[G96 Saber]

Though, in the past our race (European origins) has done some terrible things. Your race doesn't make you who YOU are. It is not our race, ancestors or cultures that define us, its who you are. No matter how evil or benevolent your ancestors were they don't affect your actions. There is nothing to feel guilty about. If you still feel the way you do, our race has done so truly great things over the ages. On top of that, other races are just as bad, and often in more modern times. Take the massacre of 100,000-300,000 Chinese civilians by Japan in 1937.

 

[Shockolate]

I hate being white too.

But that's because I get sunburned easily and don't tan very well.

 

[Zaik]

As far as I know, you're alone.

At least now, anyway. I had assumed white guilt died out after the abysmal job going on in the White House right now, but I guess it never will truly die.

 

[LobsterFeng]

There's a King of the Hill episode where a guy comes into Bobby's highschool and teaches them about racism. The point of that episode was to show that yes, everyone needs to learn about racism and it's effects. But dwelling on the choices of your ancestors is stupid because you didn't do anything.

 

[PickledMonkey]

Part of being white is accepting the sins of your forefathers and trying to put the past where it belongs; in the past. People are telling you to suck it up, and that is an insensitive way of looking at it, but it is essentially the truth. Other races suffer from prejudice, and we suffer from being the ones who committed the most prejudice in our country. Even today, we are guilty of prejudice which we cannot control effectively. There are too many social stigmas ingrained in our head to completely control our behavior. It sucks, but it is life.

Being white is an interesting thing. I've wondered about it myself, and I plan on learning about it somehow. Many minority groups have seminars to discuss living as their specific minority, but you don't see much of that for being white. I think the most commonly faced prejudice white people face, is that they are not allowed to be proud of their heritage.

 

[Febel]

((Forward: I'm not flame bating, I'm not trolling...This a a real opinion that I carry in my mind. I've seen some really good debates about race and culture here. I thought I'd bring my own feelings to the table.))

I do. I hate it. I hate that North American white culture is so shallow and stupid. I hate that my very existence represents all the horrible things that were done to the superior, and noble native peoples of this land (and other amazing creeds and cultures as well). I hate that most likely my ancestors were the cause of so much pain, and suffering.

I hate my hazel eyes, my pale skin, and my blonde hair. I look at myself and i see a monster.

I've cried over this...and I still do sometimes.Hell part of my ongoing struggle with depression is my deep deep cultural, and racial guilt.

Yes yes I know 'Why is she saying all of this?' but what I want to know is...Am I alone in feeling this way? is anyone else as hurt and sad as I am about being white?

Also, well, what can I do to bring myself out of this? Can I bring myself out of this?

Should I?

You're turn...

I know, I hate being all privileged and shit.

 

[Strain42]

If you look in the mirror and see a monster, you clearly have some deep seated problems that probably have nothing to do with your race or skin color.

I'm white, I'm a good person.

I know that sounds hard to believe, but trust me, it can happen.

 

[Aulleas123]

Not in the slightest, I refuse to feel guilty about things that happened before my great grandad was so much as a sperm cell. I didn't do it, why should I feel guilty? What wrong have I commited? Having the same melanin levels of some people that did bad things? Being born in the same country as them centuries later? Piss off.

British by the way, in case anyone asks.

This pretty much sums up my viewpoint, with a minor addition.

There's a lot of diversity in our history just like any other culture's history. My ancestors were poor Irish peasants and poor Slovak peasants, my family was too poor to own slaves, too weak to go on crusades, and too stupid to invent the weapons of mass destruction that we see today. I take pride in being who I am because I know that my family had improved their station since the last century.

I think that the problem is that we have so much guilt directed toward us that we forget two very important things:
1.) Being bad and hurting others isn't a 'white' thing, it's a human thing. Everyone has had their share of destruction and stealing so blaming us for being human is like blaming grey squirrels for stealing all of the nuts when it's inherent to all squirrels.
2.) Most of the destruction and pain cause was caused by very very few people at the very tippy-top of the social ladder. I would bet that your ancestors were like mine: poor, ignorant, weak little peasants who kept their mouths shut for hundreds of years and never hurt a fly (I don't mean to insult you if you know for certain that you came from royalty, if you did though you really shouldn't be posting here, you should be out living the high life right now...).
3.) I know, living in America, there's a lot of blame focused on people of European descent. Our education system focuses much more on the horrible things that slave owners did to their slaves than on focusing on the actual Civil War, the cause for the end of slavery in our country. I'm not saying that we didn't do our fair share of stupid, hateful things, we did have slavery and racism. We had those things because we were human, not perfect.

You can feel however you want to feel, I just think you're being a bit short-sighted if you think that we have been the only bad people in the world.

 

[TheNaut131]

I'm sorry, but this is the most pathetic, retarded, pitiful and just...UGH thread to ever grace my eyes. Now that I've gotten that out of the way, there's something you need to know. Listen, it doesn't matter what your ancestors did, where you come from, your skin color, your race, where you live, your ethnicity, or anything else. You have no reason to be ashamed of your ancestry, but no actual merit to be proud of it either. Whether or not you're black, white, Asian, Mexican, whether you live on the highest mountain top or lowest valley, believe in one god or, two it doesn't matter what other people do or believe in. Why should you care anyway? You didn't just kill multiple people in pointless gunfire, or save a few lives by helping those in danger. You didn't enslave a race, or free one. You didn't steal someones land or win it right back.

There's only one true minority you should worry about because it's apart of you. It determines how people perceive,how you live your life; it literally determines the outcome of every moment in your life.

That minority, the one we're all apart of, is being an individual. You're an individual, you should be ashamed of your bad choices and proud of your good ones. You decide what the world thinks of you and how it treats you. Because the individual is the smallest and weakest, yet largest and most dangerous minority on the planet. Why? Because being an individual is the one thing on this planet that truly effects you.

So stop worry about what other people did, and what people think of your color. You have to worry about what you do and what people think of you period.

 

[bluelaserX]

You silly kids and your first world problems. Suck it up.

 

[Casual Shinji]

You'll probably wanna avoid watching Avatar then.

And here's a short history lesson: Every other creed, colour or race can be just as disgusting of human beings as we can. You want to know who else helped out in the enslavery of Africans by white people? Other Africans.

 

[Canis_Anubis]

Valis88: Try reading more history. All history: American, European, Asian, African, Middle-eastern, you name it. What you'll discover is that history is festooned with examples of injustice, tragedy, and exploitation, as well as examples of true altruism, inspiration and justice.

To put it all in perspective, I really recommend you, (and any other human being who wants to really understand history and politics) read this: http://www.amazon.com/Parable-Tribes-Problem-Social-Evolution/dp/0791424200. It endeavors to analyze and explain the role of power in shaping civilization, and lays out a framework that shows how the circumstances of civilizations are really what determine when exploitation and depredation occur in lieu of a more equitable and peaceful coexistence.