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<p>pseudoreal - For me, racial pride is being happy to be part of this race or ethnic group which possesses unique qualities such as tradition and culture. </p>
<p>I’m happy to be able to communicate with most of the 1+ billion Chinese people and celebrate our traditions. And eat Chinese food, of course.</p>
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<p>Yes, that’s how I see it as well. Like I mentioned before, it’s exactly the same as taking something like, say, the shape of your earlobes and then going like: “Go people with my shape of earlobes! We are proud of our heritage and everything like-earlobe-shaped people have accomplished.” lol. It’s utterly ridiculous.</p>
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<p>I agree with you there as well! =)</p>
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<p>You are right, there’s nothing “wrong”. It’s not a crime. It is, however, a blatant show of stupidity. For the reasons already stated in this thread, an ethnicity or race gives you nothing to be proud of. Nothing ensures that you have something more in common other than the tone of your skin (and in the case of Hispanics, even that) with your “fellow” ethnics. Your fellow ethnic could be a rapist for all you know. The fact that he is the same color as you doesn’t “bond” you in any way. It’s racism all over again. </p>
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<p>See, that’s where you group others and chain them to an ideal. What heritage? Showing off what? Music? The geography of where I was born does not chain me to any specific music at all. Food? Again, the geography of my birthplace does not chain me to liking one type of food. </p>
<p>The more racist and ignorant ideals come from the very people like you who say: “You are acting white” to anyone who is not “white” but who, for some “unfathomable” and reason, they like, say, country or rock music (and not music of where you where born??? The shame!!!)</p>
<p>What people like you fail to realize is that everyone is an individual. There’s no “heritage” we have in common. I had nothing to do with an accomplishment in the Hispanic community 50 years ago. There’s no cultural ties- no music, or food, or dance, or religion, etc. Every human being is free to choose what they like and/or believe in. </p>
<p>As long as people group themselves into ethnic categories- black pride, white pride, latino pride, asian pride, etc- they will continue to believe there’s something “in common” with their “fellow ethnics” which in turn implies that there’s something not in common with people from other ethnicities. As long as that happens, people will feel others of other skin tones and languages are “foreign” and “different”. And as long as that happens, racism will continue to thrive in the innocent ignorance of the masses.</p>
<p>Just because you personally do not identify with other people of your race, does not mean that you should look down upon those that do. </p>
<p>People like to group themselves with other people that are similar to them, and it just so happens that often times, people of the same ethnic background experience the similar life experiences. It isn’t exactly so much “race” but just a feeling of acceptance and a strong sense of belonging and community. </p>
<p>It would be like, a club for people with dyslexia; they would be a group of people who would most likely have similar life experiences. Would it be wrong if the people in that club felt accepted and proud of themselves?</p>
<p>It is true that every human being is an individual, but once again, often times people of the same ethnic background share many cultural ties SUCH as music, food, dance, religion, etc. The fact is that, yes, there are people who don’t like things that are stereotypical to their race, but those people are not the majority. It’s true that people do not have to like what is “expected” of them to like, but a great majority of people in a certain ethnic group DO follow certain stereotypes; otherwise, those stereotypes would not exist!</p>
<p>The examples of comparing racial pride to pride in some random trait, such as having brown eyes or whatever, means nothing because brown eyed people are many and varied, spanning all ages, ethnic backgrounds, classes, education levels, etc. There is no common culture to unite them all. You cannot argue the same for racial pride because most of the time, there IS common culture or heritage to unite people. </p>
<p>And pride in one’s ethnicity does not always imply a sense of superiority; yes, sometimes, people do tend to go too far, and yes, of course there are people who have too much pride and attack others unlike them. I am not denying that, and yes, that is stupid. However, for most people, pride is just a sense of being happy in the “group” they are in. </p>
<p>Listen, I’m not the most “proud” person when it comes to my race- I’m Asian, yeah, but I don’t go around throwing up “omg aZN prydde whut whut! NI HAO MA, B****ES!!!” I’m not the most stereotypical Asian either- I drink, I party, I listen to punk, I go to a poor school district, my parents make very little money, etc. I never grew up with a lot of other Chinese kids because of where I live, so most of my interests are not like other Chinese kids. </p>
<p>However, I will still say that I am proud of being Chinese in the fact that I am not ashamed of my people, that I’m happy to say that I speak a different language at home, that I know where my parents came from and what they went through. There are still things that make me Chinese that no other racial group can really attest to, so I feel a sense of belonging every time I hang out with other Asian kids because I think, “Hey, these kids are like me, they understand my family because their family is like that too”. Is that “stupid” of me to feel this way? Is it “stupid” to feel like a member of a group, is it “stupid” to feel something in common, is it “stupid” to be happy because of that?</p>
<p>im very proud of being hispanic and like i listen to spanish music such as reaggeaton and bachata and i eat spanish food almost everyday and i have flags and stuff but not to the point where i think my country where my parents are from is the greatest **** ever and all i talk about is how great it is. If it was then why the hell would my parents leave? Im not proud of the countries, but my culture in general and i am also extremely patriotic and believe that the U.S. is the best country to live in</p>
<p>“You are right, there’s nothing “wrong”. It’s not a crime. It is, however, a blatant show of stupidity. For the reasons already stated in this thread, an ethnicity or race gives you nothing to be proud of. Nothing ensures that you have something more in common other than the tone of your skin (and in the case of Hispanics, even that) with your “fellow” ethnics. Your fellow ethnic could be a rapist for all you know. The fact that he is the same color as you doesn’t “bond” you in any way. It’s racism all over again.”</p>
<p>Metdeth I can’t see why you think it’s so stupid to show pride in one’s race. I mean there are definitely people who are too proud, but racial pride shouldn’t be considered stupid. Unlike sharing “similar earlobes”, sharing an ethnicity/culture is a lot more significant and meaningful in our world. It’s not the “color” that bonds me to my fellow ethnics, but it’s all the similar experiences and ways of life that do. Each ethnicity experiences some kind of hardship related to their ethnicity(and if you haven’t yet, believe me you will), and the fact that we share those experiences is what makes us proud and “connected”. </p>
<p>Oh and I know this sounds stupid but how do you guys make those boxes when you quote other people? Thanks</p>
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<p>Having come from an area where every Indian person knows every other Indian person, I’m proud of being Indian. I’m not even close to being a stereotypical Indian person, but I think that India has a lot to offer to the world.</p>
<p>Having come from an area where every Chinese person knows every other Chinese person, I find it extremely irksome.</p>
<p>There’s nothing wrong with people enjoying and taking pride in knowing their heritage and communicating with others who do the same. However, I personally find that attributing your personality, successes, behaviours, etc. to your race and then being “proud” of that.. well, it’s absurd. Someone told me once a while ago that they were glad that the valedictorian of one of my competing high schools was an Asian because it made them proud to be one too, since it made them “look good”. Erm.. pardon me, but the fact that the valedict happened to be Asian really means nothing for you. You as a fellow Asian didn’t really have anything to do with them ranking top of their class, and they as a fellow Asian don’t really owe you any credit for their successes. Are you saying you’d be angered by or would look down upon a valedictorian that happened to be, oh I don’t know, Hispanic or Russian? -That- is what’s stupid about racial pride.</p>
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<p>I don’t get the connection. Cultural pride=nationalism=racism? I have many things in common with non-Indian people (I actually have few Indian friends), but I have more things in common with Indian people. I’m more likely to be able to relate to their experiences.</p>