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It bothers me that I can’t publicly have pride in being white.

THIS IS NOT A RACIST POST. JUST HEAR ME OUT.

Every other race can have pride and it’s looked at as acceptable, but not if you’re white.

• Black people have black pride, black power, etc. Hell, they even have their black history month.
• Puerto Ricans can display their flags proudly and openly proclaim pride in being a Puerto Rican.
• Mexicans, Indians, Native Americans, Asians, and everyone else can as well.

So why can’t I simply be happy or proud to be white?
I’m not saying that I’m better than anyone, but unfortunately, it’s looked down upon in society to be proud to be white because society equates white pride with racism towards all other races.

Other countries are perfectly content with having their own people there. It seems America is the only country that likes to be a melting pot. And it’s okay for America to be a melting pot. America is, after all, the “land of opportunity”. Yet in America, we are the only country that is made to be accepting of every single person of every race, even when they don’t accept us as whites or even as Americans.

Once again, I’m not being racist. I’m just saying that I think it’s unfair that every other race can have pride in being a member of that nationality or race, yet a white person who is happy or proud to be white is a racist.

Now you may be wondering, “Billy, why are you so proud to be white?”
I honestly just am. It’s who I am, it’s my heritage and history. My ancestors moved to America from Europe in the early 1900s, so none of my ancestors had anything to do with killing innocent Native Americans, enslaving Africans, etc. So I can’t feel guilty about that stuff since I never did any of it.

My basic point is that everyone else has a right to be proud, so why can’t I? It’s not really even about having a reason, because it has to do with me. I can feel however I want about myself. I don’t see other races as lower than myself, I just like being who I am.

one day, i will make a gif of my white self saying “sit ya ass down, honkey.” oh white people, y’all never fail to disappoint me.

No. Just no. There is so much wrong with this. 

I mean first, there’s the “I’m not racist but…” lead in, which just lets everyone know how much of a fail this is going to be. 

And of course, we’ve got the misunderstanding of the difference between ethnicity and race. Black is a race. Mexican is an ethnicity. Seriously, this is not that hard. 

Oh, and then of course we’ve got to forget that white history is NEVER FUCKING FORGOTTEN. There is never a time that we have to remind the school system to teach you about white people. Ever. There has never ever ever in the history of this country been a time when people have had to say “Hey, white people did some pretty interesting and influential things, too, think you could talk about that for 28 days out of the year?” because EVERYONE ALREADY TALKS ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE. There doesn’t need to be a month because it’s every other month. But let me cry my crocodile tears just because you’re the mythical norm and therefore you don’t have to have a qualifier tagged onto your history. 

So you know what? You should be fucking happy you’re white. You know why? Because it gives you certain privileges that you would not have otherwise, and instead of being an obtuse asshole about “oh man, I’m not allowed to be happy to be white, I don’t get white history month, my white ancestors have never oppressed anyone ever even though during the 1900s there was still segregation and massive oppression of people of color hardy har har”, you should recognize that your white ass has privilege that you wouldn’t have if you weren’t white, and the inability to go on and on about being so happy to be the mythical norm, the race that doesn’t need qualifiers or special efforts in order to be recognized and validated doesn’t negate that.

So seriously, STFU with your “not racist” post. Ugh. I just can’t even with this shit.

So, on my way home from my awesome aerobics class, I saw a giant pick-up truck sitting in a McDonalds parking lot. Attached were two confederate flags, one with the word “Redneck” scrawled across it.

I rolled my eyes and bemoaned the fact that some people just don’t fucking get it. 

Here’s the thing about the confederate flag - I’m white, I’m from the south. I’ve only been north of the Mason Dixon line twice in my life. People say “heritage, not hate” when they justify their love of the confederate flag. But guess what?

That’s fucking bullshit. 

I have no fucking idea why anyone who is white and southern would want to keep the confederate flag around as a reminder of their heritage. “I’m so proud of my heritage, you know, owning black people and stuff! I’m super proud of my heritage which includes rape, murder, and oppression!” If you can seriously say with a straight face that you want to keep the confederate flag around to celebrate your “heritage”, you’re a white privileged asshole with no regard or knowledge of history - and you’re probably fucking racist. Because if you can be proud of rape and murder and slavery of another race as your heritage, how in god’s name can you say that you’re not racist? You are proud of the fact that your ancestors fucking tortured and owned people. 

When I see a confederate flag, it makes me uncomfortable - and I’m fuckin’ white! When I see that I don’t see the rape and murder and enslavement of my ancestors, but I damn well see my ancestors perpetuating it and it makes me fucking sick. So I don’t understand how people can look at that and not see history as it was, and not see how it’s a symbol for a culture and livelihood that relied on the horrific oppression of an entire race of people. I mean, I hate to Godwin here, but should folks who might be descended from Nazi Germans slap a swastika on their pick-up trucks, and if they did, would that be “heritage, not hate”? 

It’s ridiculous, and it is dripping with white privilege. It’s fucking disgusting, and every time I see it I just get so angry that there are people who actually think that kind of shit is justifiable. It’s not. It’s fucking racist. So cut it the fuck out.

I’m lookin’ at you, giant confederate flag on I-75.