Critique of Black Culture

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by lookout123

the more actively a group maintains its separateness and differentness, the more likely it will be viewed with suspicion and negative attitudes.

There can be a lot of factors involved with that, though...relationship between the two groups, history between them, etc.

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.

Color is only a small part of it. It's about pride in a people.

why should you be proud of your color anyway?

See above.

could you change it if you weren't especially proud of it?

Watch the movie Black Like Me...or look at Michael Jackson.

"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.

And Italian pride, and German pride, and Irish pride...

For a very long time, it wasn't cool to be different from the norm--hell, it's still not cool in some circles. Then some folks began a counter-culture of sorts..."Hey, there's nothing wrong with me being different! In fact, it's cool as shit!" And it went from there...

If people are proud of being white, hey, that's fine. The problem is that "I'm proud to be white/white pride/white power" are the equivalents of "nigger." You can make it incredibly positive or empowering, but it's gonna be tough--if not impossible--to shake the negative connotations historically associated with the words.