Quote: (01-18-2012 08:01 PM)The Lesser Evil Wrote:
we live in WASP society
You seem to have some interesting things to say, especially on anything to do with race as it pertains to your individual interests, but if you think that we live in a "Wasp" society then you don't know what a Wasp society is. Seriously.
Are you sure your not just focusing on the elements that you want to focus on? Everywhere I go, it looks pretty multicultural to me. At least it is where I live. If you are unhappy with the culture of your area, move elsewhere. The USA is large and culturally varied, and so it isn't honest to complain about the USA being "one culture". As far as I know, people here can insulate themselves within whichever culture they feel comfortable. You can read only black magazines and you can live on black only neighborhoods, if thats your wish and if you dislike Wasp culture. Easy solution: don't interact with Wasp culture. The black people who I live around certainly wouldn't characterize their lives as being defined through wasp culture, whether expressed by the media that they choose to read or the people they choose to associate with.
What I'm reading is a subtle / not-so-subtle hostility agaisnt culture that is not your own.
As far as the USA being comprised of "Wasp" culture, there are "Wasp" areas in the USA, but that's where the Wasps live. No suprise there. The wasps have to live somewhere, and they are enitiled to their culture, no? However, what one would consider traditional "Wasp" culture most certainly is not the over-arching white culture, anymore. Actually, the only people who beleive that it ever was, beleive in a very specific and not widely believed (due to how easy it was to disprove based on direct observation within American Society) media myth.
Perhaps what you mean to say is that we live in a white society. Well, the country is around 80% white, as of now. So, no surprise there either. However, "white" most certainly is not "wasp". There are white people where I live. But the nearest Wasp neighborhood is about 30 minutes away.
If your going to post about race, you may wish to check yourself a little bit. You posted an inflammatory magazine ad that looks like its from the 1920's or earlier, and using that to make a point about toaday's society. That's not an honest argument. Your other ad is carefully chosen out of how many ads that feature black men and white women? And you think that one de-contextualized ad proves your conclusion? You want a heated debate on this issue? I could give you one. However, I don't think that you want to hear both sides and I don't think anyone here wants to read what it would tun into.
What's your agenda, other than troll bait? You post this as well as the other thread that I saw that you started, consisting of your elaborate explanation about black guys liking white girls. No one asked you, and its well known that the race issues here are sensitive ones due to the fact that we have so many guys here trying to get along. Are black/white race issues your sole agenda or do you have other things to contribute? You seem to be obsessed.