BS: Stuff White People Like

Subject: RE: BS: Stuff White People Like
From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Mar 08 - 01:43 PM

Because of this thread (which has radicalized me) I've decided to be more pro-active from now on about being White. I am going to look for prejudice against Whites from now on in everything that other people say or do when they are around me, and I will CALL them on it! Yessiree. No more Mister Nice Guy. They are gonna feel the heat for the last 10,000 years of abuse that us White people have taken at the hands of others.

I am gonna be proud of my Whiteness and bring attention to it in every way I can. I intend to wear lots of Gap clothing from now on, for instance, to emphasize my Whiteness. I will wear a T-shirt saying "When you've had White, you know you've done Right".

I will strike up conversations with non-Whites, saying "Hi there. I'm White, and I notice that you aren't. So...anything you want to know about us Whites and our unique cultural values? Wanna check out my retro collection of Beanie Babies?"

I will insist that the local municipality establish a White Pride Day Parade each year so all us White people can gather downtown and celebrate our Whiteness.

At last, let justice be done!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Stuff White People Like
From: PoppaGator
Date: 25 Mar 08 - 01:45 PM

I could've sworn I posted to this thread last week. (I've been away over the long holiday weekend.) I'd be worried that I had a post deleted ~ would've been a first for me ~ but I probably just screwed up and somehow failed to hit the "submit message" button, or may failed to uncheck the "preview" box.

My kid brother had sent me a link to this site a couple of hours before I found this thread and learned that Mudcat had been alerted to its existence.

The stuff is mostly pretty funny, but 'way less than accurate. The blogger(s) in charge seem to me to be white people themselves (and more specifically, American white people), who enjoy feeling superior to those they perceive as more "typical" white Americans ~ generally, the more clueless and overprivileged class of "yuppies."

Take for example, the topic "Marijuana." As many respondants pointed out on the site, as many members of other ethnicities enjoy this particular intoxicant as do white users: African-Americans, citizens of countries other than the US who are of African descent (e.g., Jamaicans), Mexicans (!) and other Latin Americans, South Asians, East Asians, Middle-Eastern Asians, probably even a few Eskimos too for all I know. The bloggers point out the penchant for expensive "boutique"-type paraphernalia, but (as usual) their discussion really pertains only to a certain subgroup of white Americans, spoiled college kids.

Some respondants argued that white people can be better defined by their other favorite drugs, e.g., methamphetamine. I'd point out that the stereotypical white meth user is of a completely different and separate social class from the typical owner of a $100+ bong. In other words, not all white peole are the same.

Also: how about the entry "Hyphenated Names"? Maybe a couple of decades ago, in the early days of "Women's Lib," wealthy-ish young college-graduate women began to make a fad of this practice, but nowadays it's almost exclusively upwardly-mobile Africa-Americans who like to use hyphenated last names, at least where I live. Every black woman lawyer who runs for political office in New Orleans seems to have a hyphenated last name. (Fortunately, in very case that I know of, they at least let their children grow up with single last names, and don't create the potential problem of multiplying hypenated last names.)

These days, among white folks, the hyphen seems to have lost its appeal. Even women who have established a business identity or some level of fame under their original ("maiden") names tend toward the more traditional practice of using that name as a middle name without a hyphen. Best example: Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Subject: RE: BS: Stuff White People Like
From: autolycus
Date: 25 Mar 08 - 03:54 PM

LH, I bet you're actually pink. Nearly everwhere.

Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: Stuff White People Like
From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Mar 08 - 04:18 PM

Don't you go makin' fun of my White pride, ivor!   ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Stuff White People Like
From: autolycus
Date: 25 Mar 08 - 05:22 PM

My, you whiteys are a terch terchy, aincha, com-paired to ers pinkos.

Oh, kay, whitey, whatcha got that's so gerrrrrrrrr-rate! compared with erse.   :-)

Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: Stuff White People Like
From: GUEST,DK
Date: 30 Mar 08 - 10:36 AM

what about the stuff black people like?

Brightly painted houses
Gold
cult religions
Talking in a silly patoir
Woman beating
Mugging

So what!

Subject: RE: BS: Stuff White People Like
From: GUEST,kimbo2612
Date: 30 Mar 08 - 07:11 PM

I think so, just like this one:

http://stuffwhiteparentslike.com

Subject: RE: BS: Stuff White People Like
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 30 Mar 08 - 08:54 PM

Good thing no one has asked me to be a censor or imprimatur(?) because I would have axed that message above. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Stuff White People Like
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Mar 08 - 10:44 PM

When you want to axe similar satire about White people, we'll know you have reached the apotheosis of...something...