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Originally Posted by sycamore
I don't think that there's anything wrong with celebrating our differences as people. The problems start when one group thinks of themselves as superior to others.
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but that is inevitable. group relationships always fall into competition and conflict on some level.
think about when you were a kid on some sports team. you hated those bastards on the other team. they didn't play like you. they weren't as good as your team and they cheated, too. fast forward 12 months and the teams have shifted. now that some of those guys from the other team are on your team, they aren't so bad afterall. all of humanity is divided into "us and them". the more actively a group maintains its separateness and differentness, the more likely it will be viewed with suspicion and negative attitudes.
i'm not saying that we shouldn't all be proud of who we are, but there are much more important aspects of oneself to take pride in than our color.
why should you be proud of your color anyway? could you change it if you weren't especially proud of it? and how about guys like us syc? - "i'm proud to be white." if that isn't an invitation for people to wonder if you are white supremist i don't know what is. but you hear about black pride, hispanic pride, etc. and it is just dandy.