The first question is adressing the lives of everyone everywhere. But on this topic, I’m also curious about white people, who may feel like they have no racial identity. It is often said the white people have no culture. I feel like I agree that they don’t when it comes to racially based things, but I also feel like they can have culture in other ways.
i mean as a non kkkracker i strongly prefer that over them embracing the american construct of whiteness. part of abandoning that construct means that whitemericans need something to engage with besides post ironic self loathing or whatever and if the only real harm to come from them exploring ancestral roots is some upset euros, i’m pretty ok with that too.
I agree with you, and I appreciate you sharing this since I don’t hear it too often. Obviously there are annoying ways to engage with one’s cultural heritage, and I can see why it would particularly grind on say, the Irish in the given example. Actually, Irish is a great example in particular due to their historical conflict with the English. I’m actually trying to leverage this right now with my own brother. Getting him hyped up on Irish anti colonial resistance in order to shift his perspective on Palestinian anticolonial resistance.
ya, fair, i will absolutely take the Irish more seriously on that complaint than most other Europeans, at least to a point
Nah. I think anomie of culture is actually the correct way to go. I dont think white usians deserve or should have access to ‘ancestral roots’ because the vast majority are so far removed that it might as well not exist