@bobsal u1553115,
I am for the most part quite proud of white American culture. White American culture was formed thorough intercultural exchange.
I find black, Asian, brown and religious cultures very fascinating too.
It is white culture that wrote our US constitution.
Though that white culture back then had slaves and this slavery was an abomination... out of that negative experience came principles that no other nation had at the time and can compare to today.
So white culture learned of its gross inequalities by experience we grew and changed over a long time for the better.
This change allowed us to blend our races with all cultures.
Though there have been horrible massacres along the way white American people seem to have created a dream that all people can now partake and share.
Is that dream perfect yet? No and we have a long way to go.
White people assimilate Arabic numbers into our culture so we now have things like algebra, algorithms, allegories... all from Islamic countries.
All white people are taught these Islamic numbers and alphabet we are also taught where they came from. We are taught of fierce unparalleled warriors like the Mongols. And we are taught of Greek Gods and Confucius in school though we are predominantly a Christian nation (for now). Our days of the week are named after pagan Norse Gods.
We have tacos, Chinese food, Italian food and every other country's food and yes, with our own flair added to them.
Though I grew up in a predominantly white northern state I was taught many things from places all over the world from many cultures.
I remember when I was about 10 years old I was taught that the Chinese invented the first computer, the abacus. White people not only taught me about the abacus but also did not refrain from giving credit to the Chinese.
While growing up in school it was compulsory that I take a second language in high school. I was offered my choice of Spanish or French. Though my high school was poor and some years they did not offer a second language or a high school band.
That was okay there was a public library a half a mile away from my house in our tiny little town. They had free books I could borrow from every culture in the world.
Then there is entertainment.
One day I got in an argument with a friend.
She said that Rosanne Barr was not a racist because she had black and gay people in her shows.
I said maybe Rosanne isn't a racist I do not know what is in her heart but I said, are you aware that though we are, at this time, a white nation of predominantly white people we have laws in our congress that state that all of these TV shows have to hire people of other cultures and races and the laws stipulate the level of cultural integration.
My friend argues saying I was wrong and there was no such law.
I said if Rosanne did not depict other races and cultures in her show she could have gone to jail for breaking the a law.
My friend after talking to her husband about it and looking online found out I was right.
Then there is my Puerto Rican friend who came from Ponce Puerto Rico.
He told me that the northern part of Puerto Rico is for the most part friendly to white people but if you go in the south of Puerto Rico a white person takes a big risk of being murdered simply for being white. As a matter of fact the crime is so high many of the houses have steel bars on the windows and doors because of Puerto Ricans robbing each other.
That is not to say there are not parts of the white areas of New York City that are also the same.
I am proud per se of white culture. I am not proud of white racists and I am not proud of white criminals within our society.
If we white American have errantly shut out any culture I would like to know who and which cultures.
Though we were at war with Japan and a cold war with Russia I still remember Sulu And Chekov in Star Trek.
While I also remember a slew of King Fu movies coming from Asia at the time without a single white person in them.
I remember black stereotypes, perpetuated by certain comedians of color claiming that white people have no rhythm and can't dance.
It turns out there are a few black people who can't dance and have no ability to sing. Turns out white people do not have a monopoly on tone deafness.
White people have created the most diverse yet unified country in the world.
Though Mexico and South America are also multi cultural and have a large population of white people living amongst a predominantly dark skinned population.
And a person of ethnicity can walk down nearly any street in America and encounter a nasty white racist and be murdered for being black, Asian, gay etc... too.
The problem is not "white culture" the problem are racists, and every race has them, just as you can be a white person in Mexico or Puerto Rico and be murdered simply because you are white.
Stop blaming cultures and start blaming racists. Blaming cultures rather than individuals is generally a racist thing to do.
