Allowable "Pride"

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

How did this "pride" issue become a slavery issue?

Gay pride has nothing to do with slavery.

For most minority groups, invoking "pride" equates to a lack of shame. Accept yourself, and own your identity like a boss!

"Gay Pride" = Don't be ashamed of being gay.
"Black Pride" = Don't be ashamed of being black.

Historically, "White Pride" has been a statement that was used to suggest that non-whites were inferior. The other "pride" statements are not intended to marginalize other groups.

The damn Nazi's, slavers, and segregationists messed up the white "pride" claim for everyone.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Then call it white acceptance and the slogan can be "it's ok to be white"

[–]emperormises 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

The truth is that anything with the word white in it is basically a non-starter. Hurts, but it's true. The word itself is toxic (not that minor things like IOTBW aren't helpful but you can't organize a movement around it, it's literally infrastructurally impossible).

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

IDK...

There's only been one single half-white president (Obama was half-white, mostly white). The rest of the presidents, all white.

White is still on a roll...

[–]emperormises 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Go show me the white people's club then.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

  • The US presidency.
  • All European governments.
  • Almost all of Wall St.
  • Almost all Western billionaires (plus Oprah, who behaves whiter than white).

[–]emperormises 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

None of those are a white people's club, and half of what you listed are accused of being Jewish institutions as often as they're accused of being white ones. As for Oprah, she once said that the solution to racism is for all the old white people to up and die (nice).

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

and half of what you listed are accused of being Jewish institutions as often as they're accused of being white ones.

Examples?