I hate being white....

[Valis88]

((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...

 

[King Toasty]

Deal with it. You're the most privileged person ever to live, in any time period, in all of history. Suck it up.

 

[kaveradeo]

maybe change your avatar?

 

[MaxwellEdison]

Since no one else is responding.

1. Culture? If you think "white" culture is shallow and stupid, look into your European roots. Like every culture, the ones from Europe are rich and quite interesting.

2. What do you have to feel guilty about?

/shrug

 

[marfin_]

Every race has committed there fair share of crimes throughout history, just forget it. I'm just mad that im white because there are tons of scholarships for any other race and im left getting some lousy ones.

 

[PureChaos]

in a way, things have gone the other way, racist wise. if a black person insults a white person, no-one cares and can sometimes be considered funny, if a white person insults a black person, the white person is racist

 

[UbarElite]

Hello Valis. Fellow white person here.

Our race sucks, or, at least, has a very poor track record. However, trying to say that we are bad because of what others in our race do or did is just as foolish as the racism that led to such atrocities.

Have you ever forced anyone out of their homes? Do you own slaves? I imagine not. If you did, then yes, you probably deserve to feel guilty. If not, then don't feel guilty about what others have done.

 

[TheTrojanBadger]

Oh god, this is making me depressed. I get really sick of ethnics trying to make me hang for the sins of my fathers. And it's not even my fathers; I'm slavic. My race was enslaved by "the white man" for several hundred years, but you don't see me complaining.

 

[Xexxar]

Personally, I am not embarrassed to be white because in my opinion, being white is the same thing as being black, or Asian, or any other color. We are all equal in this day in age so stop dwelling on the past. Its not your fault. Its better to not be embarrassed/angry of being white, instead prove to people that we aren't the same people we were in the past.

 

[NickCooley]

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.

 

[The Zango]

Mate why? White people face so little societal and subconscious stigma its unreal, and even when they do, they get it from minorities. Speaking as a minority growing up with white people my whole life, I've dealt with prejudice and stereotypes everywhere I've gone. Not anything too harsh, but even you would be a little down after getting stopped by the police seven times in one night because 'you looked suspicious'. Usually the only racism I face is just just a bit of banter with my friends, and that is all fine, but it does start to grate when you feel that people are always treating you ever so slightly differently from other people, be it positively or negatively.

Still I love being mixed race, I've got the best of both worlds, I can make racist remarks and run fast, and I'm also white enough to be considered mostly non-threatening (JOKE)

 

[JIst00]

You need to learn to feel comfortable in your own skin, thats what your post says to me.

None of us get to pick what race we are, how we look, who are parents and family are.

Measure yourself in your own eyes by the deeds you do, not in others by the deeds others have done.

 

[Gxas]

Simply? No. I don't feel this way.

To expand? I don't feel this way because I don't hold myself responsible for my ancestors' actions. You had no say in what they did, and that was the way of the times during that period. It is very simple, if you think about it.

You shouldn't blame yourself for something you had no control over, hell, weren't even born for (Your great grandparents weren't even a thought in anyone's head at the time of the colonization of America). That is just silly.

Be proud of who you are, damn it. You can't make up for what your ancestors did, so don't even try. Just take yourself and don't do what they did. Hating yourself won't solve anything.

 

[TheIronRuler]

((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 don't have this problem since I'm a Jew, therefore whenever I look at myself in the miror I see a persecuted minority.
On the other hand I denounced Jehova a while ago.
I'm not sure who I am anymore.
Am I an Israeli who lives in Israel? Am I a Jew in culture but not in religion? Is that even F*cking possible? Why am I registered as Jew? The britts even have a church of the Jedi!
Why can't we wright down "NONE" in our census?

 

[DeadFOAM]

I don't want to be a dick, but suck it up. Unless you personally are responsible for the things you have white-guilt over, you're just being histrionic. Get over it.

 

[neoptolemus]

You're not tied to a culture just because of your race. I'm white, western and an atheist and yet I enjoy lots of Eastern music, particularly Jewish folk. There's plenty of my culture I do enjoy; Britain has some excellent film and television and we led the punk movement in the 60s and 70s, all of which I appreciate. But I don't at all feel tied to my culture just because I was born to white parents.

Nor are you responsible for the actions of previous generations, such as all the atrocities and wars. Live your life as you want to live it. Enjoy the culture you enjoy, and behave the way you want to behave. Don't hate yourself for superficial things you can't change, it's a waste of time and it does no one any good.

 

[Flutterguy]

I love being white, if I was given the option to swap out races every year I'd be rerolling white every damn year. The OP sounds more like the whining of a massive depressive ass who, if he had spent anytime away from his computer at all, would learn that every race of people listen and watch the same shallow media as each-other.