White Pride

We in the white community can celebrate our achievements, our culture, our heritage, our ethnic identity, and our solidarity, but we should do so in a way of humility, and without fear of ridicule. Like the confederate flag, the term white pride has been hijacked by those who are upset with the idea that they cannot celebrate their white culture like other communities and feel that they must have a symbol or a racial slogan of sorts, in order to have their own racial appreciation, identity, or ability to celebrate their race. There is great frustration in the white community of feeling as if we cannot have the same pride of our race or of our culture, as other communities do. There are no white civil rights organizations, no white appreciation month, no one speaking up for the white community when there is a violent attack of a white person, either by the police, or by members of another race. The white community sees the constant demeaning and degrading jokes of white people by comics on the comedy tours, and even in the movies. MSN, and others, constantly and regularly allows article after article from all sorts of media outlets, condemning, accusing, insulting, and painting a negative and racist picture of the white community as a whole. These are the issues that anger certain portions of the white community and drive them to embrace a negative white pride over white humility. We need to begin to have our place of celebration and appreciation of our culture, and all of the many diverse ethnic European American elements that make up the white race as a whole. We can have all of the celebrations, acknowledgements, representations, and accolades that other communities have, but other communities wish to see our community in a more positive and embracing light first. Unfortunately, due to a sliver of our community displaying negative speech or behaviors, which is then amplified on the media, prevents other communities to embrace our desire to celebrate our race. Let our collective voices send a message, that we do not embrace any form of racial superiority, and do not embrace any speech or behavior that demeans or degrades others, or that would put a negative stain on the white community. Let’s begin to highlight, celebrate, and educate our community moving into the future and begin to recognize that we can have an appreciation of our race and our community. Let us in the white community lead by example, and show other communities, that we are here to embrace their communities, and we ask that they embrace ours the same. “Let’s celebrate our race and our culture with confidence, joy, dignity, and humility!”