White American (proud to be...)

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

How are you "punished" for it?

Whenever the race card is played. I have personally seen it used more times in my 3 years here than during my entire life in Australia.

I recently saw it at work where a guy got a promotion over a girl simply because the manager was black and the girl was white. The guy she promoted would have been fired yesterday in any other company I worked in. Yes this is just another one of those incidents #6 you class as being "isolated".

How do you know 100% for sure that the promotion was the result of racial discrimination?

[pedroh 21]

How are you "punished" for it?

Whenever the race card is played. I have personally seen it used more times in my 3 years here than during my entire life in Australia.

I recently saw it at work where a guy got a promotion over a girl simply because the manager was black and the girl was white. The guy she promoted would have been fired yesterday in any other company I worked in. Yes this is just another one of those incidents #6 you class as being "isolated".

How do you know 100% for sure that the promotion was the result of racial discrimination?

cuz she was white of course thats enough reason

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I've said this to you many times before - on the half a hundred threads that have been started about this. White "heritage" has more to do with nationality than ethnicity - being of French/Irish/German/Italian/British descent being more important than being "white".

What is your point? No one here actually celebrates being white. Whereas there are lots of other ethnicities in America who do celebrate skin color / race.

The million dollar question is why is the average Americans who happens to be Caucasian cannot celebrate their own heritage, history and culture without basically being branded as a plantation owning racist.

What sort of repression have whites undergone in this country? And please, stick to this country.

So why should I be punished and made to feel guilty for it? Because I am white right...

Even though I was never here when it happened and that includes segregation.

You're the only one making yourself feel guilty, or jealous, or whatever it is.

I'm white and sure as hell don't feel guilty for anything. Or jealous. Let people have their pride. What does it hurt you?

That is not the question or the point.

If Caucasians got together and had their own white history month etc then there would be people who would claim this event is racist. That is the reality in America.

dude.. celebrating being white is not the same as the other culture celebrations.. latino month is not because we're brown and dance salsa.. it's celebrating the cultures of each region and whatnot..celebrating whiteness is not the same as celebrating irish heritage month, or german-heritage or whatever european culture arrived to america and are proud of it..

dude has a point there.

celebrating being a red neck white american isn't something I'd particularly be proud to celebrate.

But white americans celebrating new years eve, valentines, 4th of july, halloween, christmas is kinda unique to us in how our culture does it compared to these other heritage groups. We don't exactally have our own song and dance but we do have our own folklore, granted it's not as old as say some countries folklore, but we have the wild west tales & the patriotic stories of the founding fathers.

[Heracles 417]

All jealousy aside, what would be the premise behind a "white history month"? Do inform me.

It is called the United States of America. The country has a lot of great achievements and accomplishments to talk about. Thousands actually.

Even though people want to paint it as the root of evil, the good actually outweighs the bad.

What was the last vaccine, technology or medical breakthrough to come out of Greece?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Square dancing *puke*

All jealousy aside, what would be the premise behind a "white history month"? Do inform me.

It is called the United States of America. The country has a lot of great achievements and accomplishments to talk about. Thousands actually.

Even though people want to paint it as the root of evil, the good actually outweighs the bad.

What was the last vaccine, technology or medical breakthrough to come out of Greece?

Is it your position that the accomplishments of America are accomplishments of white people?

Last time I checked, people of color have been around in this country right from the beginning. Any accomplishments of America belong to all of us, not just the white people. JMHO

[Heracles 417]

How are you "punished" for it?

Whenever the race card is played. I have personally seen it used more times in my 3 years here than during my entire life in Australia.

I recently saw it at work where a guy got a promotion over a girl simply because the manager was black and the girl was white. The guy she promoted would have been fired yesterday in any other company I worked in. Yes this is just another one of those incidents #6 you class as being "isolated".

How do you know 100% for sure that the promotion was the result of racial discrimination?

Because everyone in the team knew him as the slacker. The manager has always been bum chums with him while hard on others.

[pedroh 21]

I've said this to you many times before - on the half a hundred threads that have been started about this. White "heritage" has more to do with nationality than ethnicity - being of French/Irish/German/Italian/British descent being more important than being "white".

What is your point? No one here actually celebrates being white. Whereas there are lots of other ethnicities in America who do celebrate skin color / race.

The million dollar question is why is the average Americans who happens to be Caucasian cannot celebrate their own heritage, history and culture without basically being branded as a plantation owning racist.

What sort of repression have whites undergone in this country? And please, stick to this country.

So why should I be punished and made to feel guilty for it? Because I am white right...

Even though I was never here when it happened and that includes segregation.

You're the only one making yourself feel guilty, or jealous, or whatever it is.

I'm white and sure as hell don't feel guilty for anything. Or jealous. Let people have their pride. What does it hurt you?

That is not the question or the point.

If Caucasians got together and had their own white history month etc then there would be people who would claim this event is racist. That is the reality in America.

dude.. celebrating being white is not the same as the other culture celebrations.. latino month is not because we're brown and dance salsa.. it's celebrating the cultures of each region and whatnot..celebrating whiteness is not the same as celebrating irish heritage month, or german-heritage or whatever european culture arrived to america and are proud of it..

dude has a point there.

celebrating being a red neck white american isn't something I'd particularly be proud to celebrate.

But white americans celebrating new years eve, valentines, 4th of july, halloween, christmas is kinda unique to us in how our culture does it compared to these other heritage groups. We don't exactally have our own song and dance but we do have our own folklore, granted it's not as old as say some countries folklore, but we have the wild west tales & the patriotic stories of the founding fathers.

white americans have a lot to celebrate for.. but again, there's not just 1 kind of white.. there's lots of heritages to celebrate.. germans, irish, scotish, polish, etc etc etc.. certainly the south, despite all its stereotypes has a great culture to be proud of

[Heracles 417]

Is it your position that the accomplishments of America are accomplishments of white people?

Last time I checked, people of color have been around in this country right from the beginning. Any accomplishments of America belong to all of us, not just the white people. JMHO

Regardless of the demographics of jersey, the majority of Americans are Caucasian. Something people tend to forget.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

How are you "punished" for it?

Whenever the race card is played. I have personally seen it used more times in my 3 years here than during my entire life in Australia.

I recently saw it at work where a guy got a promotion over a girl simply because the manager was black and the girl was white. The guy she promoted would have been fired yesterday in any other company I worked in. Yes this is just another one of those incidents #6 you class as being "isolated".

How do you know 100% for sure that the promotion was the result of racial discrimination?

Because everyone in the team knew him as the slacker. The manager has always been bum chums with him while hard on others.

That doesn't mean it was racially motivated... I mean... it isn't unheard of for people in management positions to promote their friends.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

I think we've established that the white pride community is suffering from some PR difficulties. I think their message would be better received if more focus were placed on fun things, like sunblock and Twinkies, and they didn't look so angry during their get-togethers.

Also, some SEO work is in order.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Is it your position that the accomplishments of America are accomplishments of white people?

Last time I checked, people of color have been around in this country right from the beginning. Any accomplishments of America belong to all of us, not just the white people. JMHO

Regardless of the demographics of jersey, the majority of Americans are Caucasian. Something people tend to forget.

I'm referring to American history.

This country has had plenty of colored people right from the beginning. If you know your history, you know this to be true.

There is no way you can equate the accomplishments of America to the accomplishments of white people without discounting the contributions of people of color.

Is that what you are trying to do?

[pedroh 21]

How are you "punished" for it?

Whenever the race card is played. I have personally seen it used more times in my 3 years here than during my entire life in Australia.

I recently saw it at work where a guy got a promotion over a girl simply because the manager was black and the girl was white. The guy she promoted would have been fired yesterday in any other company I worked in. Yes this is just another one of those incidents #6 you class as being "isolated".

How do you know 100% for sure that the promotion was the result of racial discrimination?

Because everyone in the team knew him as the slacker. The manager has always been bum chums with him while hard on others.

That doesn't mean it was racially motivated... I mean... it isn't unheard of for people in management positions to promote their friends.

yea with us they promoted this guy who didn't evne finish college and certainly doesnt have as much experience as the other guys that work with me, he got promoted cuz he is BFF with upper management.. and he was white, oh noes, they picked him over the latino, the black and the woman who work there..

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

All jealousy aside, what would be the premise behind a "white history month"? Do inform me.

It is called the United States of America. The country has a lot of great achievements and accomplishments to talk about. Thousands actually.

Even though people want to paint it as the root of evil, the good actually outweighs the bad.

What was the last vaccine, technology or medical breakthrough to come out of Greece?

So you are saying then that we should celebrate American achievements? If so - isn't this what we have numerous public holiday for?

Or is that American achievements belong to the "White Race"?

[Heracles 417]

white americans have a lot to celebrate for.. but again, there's not just 1 kind of white.. there's lots of heritages to celebrate.. germans, irish, scotish, polish, etc etc etc.. certainly the south, despite all its stereotypes has a great culture to be proud of

Skin color is not the point. Why is it someone rich and Caucasian is made to feel guilty while everyone else is encouraged to celebrate?

I have mentioned earlier that teachers have been instructed not to force Latino kids to learn English because it is "pushing our culture on them" but Americans are forced to accept everyone else's culture?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Yeah, management promotes friends all the time. Personal relationships tend to trump race, in my experience.

This is why no matter what color your skin is, if you want to get ahead in corporate America, you must schmooze!