“why can’t I be proud of my heritage?”
going to cultural fairs is being proud of your heritage. making traditional food is being proud of your heritage. learning a new language is being proud of your heritage. wearing traditional dress is being proud of your heritage.
white supremacy is not “being proud of your heritage”
No one gets mad at a white person that says
“Im really proud of my dutch ancestry!” or “I love being swedish we have the best food lol!” or “ Its so cool that im irish i didn’t even know!”
The phrases “white pride” and “white power” have nothing to do with the history or culture of groups that just happen to also be white. They are trademarked terms from white supremacist groups. The pride is in being white: the percieved superior race. There is no excuse to use that choice of words when what you really mean is you love spending summers in england because your great great uncle was a duke or whatever. If you use phrases like that in 2016, you know exactly what you are implying.^thank you
Yes. Also, you might wanna accept that your culture never belonged to white people. This is just a well documented fact of our geographical history. Europe has been connected to Africa and Asia since forever and people have literally been able to walk back and forth since they had feet. A European past without people of color never ever existed.
So if you only want white people at your culture fair, cooking thing, language class or medieval fantasy drama, I have news for you: You are racist and historically inaccurate.
You may also be ‘proud’ but your desire for a white-washed version of your heritage is just plain racism.
