If you're white, and the phrase "white people have no culture" makes you angry, it should, it absolutely should, if you are a thinking feeling human it should make you absolutely livid that your ancestors stole EVERYTHING from the rest of the world, broke and killed whatever they couldn't steal, and left you only the legacy of that theft instead of anything to feel even an iota of pride in. That others' mistrust and skepticism of you is, by its very nature, inherently logical and reasonable no matter what you say or do.
And it should make you near incoherent with rage that they are still doing it, constantly, every single day. And that whether you know it or not, you're complicit in it.
The only logical recourse is to tear them, yourself, and all the edifice surrounding you down.
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Shiri Bailem
in reply to Swiff #BuildTheZiggurat • •@Swiff I think an important addition is to note that there is culture for many groups considered white... just not "white culture". (ie. English, German, Swiss, etc culture).
The worst of it though is here in America, where "whiteness" became endemic since the beginning. So the only thing we have to reach for in terms of ethnic culture is distant ancestry.
Though I imagine it's still felt abroad as well because the act of forcing your culture onto everyone makes it no longer feel like *your* culture...