I read the list in her article as well as the opening paragraphs and as a white person I found some of those to be unfounded and even offensive. Some I completely agree with. But I do not think white should be synonomis(sp) with Middle or Upper class as she seems to think. While yes on my street the only people we avoid is a multi-cultural family, but it has to do with the fact that the WHITE husband is violent and volitile and they like to let their un-nuetered male dog run loose - nothing to do with his Ethiopian wife and multi-racial children.
As far as your I don't think #3 You can answer "where are you from" with the place where your house is located, or where the hospital in which you were born is located. is any different from a white person, especially in the US today. I rarely find people of a pure origin - I myself an German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, Dutch, Ukrainian and I am a dual citizen of both Canada and the US.
One other thing that bothers me, is I often find that people leave out "white" in their race and only use multi-racial when it benefits them. You obviously don't do this, but how many times have you heard people refer to Obama as the first black president, Hally Berry is the first black woman to recieve an Oscar, etc.
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Date: 2010-09-02 03:44 pm (UTC)As far as your I don't think #3 You can answer "where are you from" with the place where your house is located, or where the hospital in which you were born is located. is any different from a white person, especially in the US today. I rarely find people of a pure origin - I myself an German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, Dutch, Ukrainian and I am a dual citizen of both Canada and the US.
One other thing that bothers me, is I often find that people leave out "white" in their race and only use multi-racial when it benefits them. You obviously don't do this, but how many times have you heard people refer to Obama as the first black president, Hally Berry is the first black woman to recieve an Oscar, etc.