Is it ok to be proud of your skin color?

[Trance97]

I don't hate a person for their skin color... We all know you can't do that that was so yesterday.

I hate a person on how they present themselves.

 

[Suzie]

I hate a person on how they present themselves.

:clap

 

[Johnny C]

I hate stupid people.... that just about sums it up.

 

[Suzie]

I'm not racist... Not at all. I actually had some black friends back in high school and I talk to a couple in college.

You know someone has to mention the old "I have black friends, so Im not racist." excuse.:clap:24:

 

[Cotton]

I hate stupid people.... that just about sums it up.

QFT:clap:clap

 

[Trance97]

look at 90% of the African American race here in the united states...

I think Martin Luther King would be have his hand on his head shaking in disappointment.

 

[Trance97]

You know someone has to mention the old "I have black friends, so Im not racist." excuse.:clap:24:

I am really good friends with one at college, he runs 5Ks and marathons, going to school to be a personal trainner. We talk all the time.

 

[Suzie]

I am really good friends with one at college, he runs 5Ks and marathons, going to school to be a personal trainner. We talk all the time.

I know... I know... I believe ya.

 

[DavyBoy]

OK, I can't be bothered to read 22 bloody pages, so I'm just going to throw my two cents in here:

one should not be ashamed of their skin colour or race, but by the same token, neither should one be proud of it. How can you be proud of something that you have no control over? Furthermore, how can you be proud of something that is completely irrelevant to anything?

Surely our societies have progressed to a point where we realise that race and skin colour are little more than physical appearance. It's like me saying "I'm proud to have big feet", as if all people with big feet are some kind of group that you belong to.

When you say you're proud to be white, or you're proud to be black, you're basically saying "gee, I sure am glad I'm [insert skin colour] and not [insert other skin colour]." It should not matter what skin colour you are in the first place.

 

[COOL_BREEZE2]

If you think about... was slavery all that bad?

We brought blacks from a continent that currently faces, poverty, starvation, genecide, aids.... etc.

It was a favor.

look at 90% of the African American race here in the united states...

I think Martin Luther King would be have his hand on his head shaking in disappointment.

White Pride!

Oh wait... am I racist for saying that?

-_-

 

[All Else Failed]

Or we could kick you in the nuts!!! :clap

You're welcome to try, but I would highly advise against it.

White Pride!

Oh wait... am I racist for saying that?

-_-

Yes, yes it does.

 

[Johnny C]

You're welcome to try, but I would highly advise against it.

:willy_nilly::willy_nilly::willy_nilly: LMAO... good try...

 

[All Else Failed]

You're the one trying to be the internet tough guy here.

 

[Veronica]

Why are you proud of your race? You didn't earn it, in any sense.

I take pride in my education, my career, and my accomplishments. I am participatory to the things I pride myself in. They've happened because of me.

Being white may be an asset or a handicap, but it's nothing more than a fact of life. A condition.

I agree WHOLE heartily with your answer 'Hisholiness'.

Sadly, African American people are JUST as racist as white. But saying that makes me feel racist. I have to work in a job that because I sound white, some of the african american women ASSUME that i am racist. That kindof makes me mad.

Is it ok to be proud of your skin color?

The short answer.... No

Let me explain my point of view on this before you jump me.
I think is ok to be proud of your heritage but not your color. When you say you are proud to be white, it implies that being white is somehow better than being of some other color because you aren't discerning between heritages at that point, just color.
Saying your proud that you are white is like saying you are proud to be tall, this implies that it is better than being short...

So when I hear someone say they are proud to be "white" it makes me wonder if it's because they are glad they are not another color, or if they are trying to say they are proud of their heritage and they weren't just articulate enough with the wording of their statement.

agree!

 

[Suzie]

I have to work in a job that because I sound white, some of the african american women ASSUME that i am racist. That kindof makes me mad.

It is pretty sad when people ASSUME things about your life.

 

[Johnny C]

they are glad they are not another color,

What's wrong with being glad you don't have to go through what most blacks go through on a daily basis?

 

[All Else Failed]

What's wrong with being glad you don't have to go through what most blacks go through on a daily basis?

Its more of a class thing that spans across ethnicities. So, you really mean you're glad you're not poor, not black.

 

[DavyBoy]

It is pretty sad when people ASSUME things about your life.

Yes, they make an ass out of u and me

AEF, as usual, you've got it pretty much right. So often we tend to look at races and skin colour, when it's mostly so much deeper than that.

 

[teh_fuzz]

I take pride in my education, my career, and my accomplishments. I am participatory to the things I pride myself in. They've happened because of me.

I can really side with this!

Honestly, I am proud of my heritage more than i am of my skin color... Besides im a very light skinned mexican so... color makes no difference to me.

 

[Naked_Product]

I'm black and I think that it's ok to be proud of your skin color, but it's not ok to brag about it, or say that you're better than others because of it.