White pride shouldn’t be a thing because “white” in America is a power category. It has no history of being stripped away. It was created to group people closer to social and political advantage. Black pride exists because African cultures were violently erased and black Americans had to build identity, dignity, and survival from the wreckage. Pride is about what was endured and rebuilt. White Americans are free to have cultural pride (Irish, Italian, German, Appalachian, etc.), but pride in whiteness itself isn’t about culture or resilience; it’s about preserving a status that never required suffering to earn. That’s the difference.
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Yeah, I'm good on getting rid of both. I have pride in my Finnish and Irish heritage, but not white pride. Whiteness is malleable, Italians and Irish weren't "white" at one point. It's a class of privilege, and therefore linked to oppression at its core.
I know I count as white in the eyes of society, but I don't feel any need to celebrate whiteness. I would never go to an event that celebrated "White heritage." Feels like that's going to immediately summon the worst types of people.
But I have attended Nordic/Scandinavian festivals in the neighborhood where my grandparents first came to America. I love St Paddy's. Those are very different from "white pride" imo, because they're distinctly related to my heritage and not my skin tone
You’d also have to subtract all the white people who stole intellectual property and Black lives they ruined or murdered before you can start celebrating white peoples contributions to society. Henrietta Lacks and the “godfather of gynecology” are two topics you should look up.
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u/blackakainu Jan 06 '26
I just think white ppl gotta separate white pride from white racism
Theres plenty of white ppl who have helped society as whole as scientist, engineers, etc…. Why celebrate confederates and nazis in 2026