Interesting poll indicates that the majority of people feel their ethnicity/race is discrimminated against - including whites:
Majority Of White Americans Say They Believe Whites Face Discrimination.
As a white female....I've never encountered discrimination.
Of course Whites are discriminated against for reasons other than race. I've experience degradation for my religion. So have Mormons, Amish, Catholics, etc.
But there is some real discrimination against white people. Because they actually created much of the Western world that other cultures now seek to live in. And OUR heritage, culture, history is fair game for being maligned whereas EACH of theirs is to be PUBLICLY celebrated and embraced as "multiculturism". To REALLY SEE this, you have to have lived in a deep Blue region for awhile. Where the ACTUAL history of this country is diminished in favor of AMPLIFYING others.
When you've WORKED and ENJOYED a truly multicultural workplace and life, you start to RESENT be pummeled with the insults to how the largely white Western world developed. AS IF --- it was the only place on the planet with slavery, genocide, political issues. It wasn't.
What is white culture though?
We can identify specifics that characterize various celebrated cultures in this country: Mexican, Polish, Italian, Chinese, African American, etc.
Dear
Coyote the characteristics and historic traits that stand out most to me
about European or white culture include
* citing, enforcing and communicating based on Constitutional principles and written laws and govt
that are associated with Christian and Conservative Constitutionalists,
so much that when Black leaders side with support or speak out as Republicans
they are attacked as Uncle Toms and sell out because these are seen as white man's laws and ways
* linear language and "Eurocentric" historic timelines that measure all other events compared to those events and experiences as predominant
* interpretations of Christian laws and teachings based on European history and churches,
then comparing and judging any other religions or denominations against that as the predominant standard used to define Christian religion as well as political "manifest destiny"
* white images, models, culture, dress etc. being predominant in
media and music especially the commercial movie industry
where everyone else is judged and marketed by that as the standard
because that is what the audience responds to. Even where BET makes tons
of money and millionaires out of people, even where Selena broke records and barriers
with her Tejano music, those are considered outside the mainstream;
while the Hollywood and Oscar/red carpet culture is still held as the target audience to shoot for.
The reason you may not notice that other cultures aren't being
included and represented equally is that they aren't being included and represented equally.
If they were, we'd see Indian dress and music equally as white country and
white pop stars like Madonna and Britney Spears, but we don't.
Beyonce is one of the most successful examples of bringing black culture which is clear
in her vocal styles and dance moves, as well as her politics, to share in the mainstream,
but still the controversy over her lightening her skin or her photos
to market to the white culture shows that influence is still there affecting marketing decisions.
The trait I find most predominant is the "linear" way of thinking
in terms of cause and effect. The Asian, African and Latino cultures
have a more collective/holistic way of relating to whole communities,
while the "Eurocentric" way of thought is famous for "individual"
responsibility for one's own successes or failures. this difference in cultural
approaches to communication and decision making was cited in a workshop
I went through on mediation, and difference in communicate styles that were
influenced in part by people's cultural backgrounds. The collective mentality
and cooperative approach was more predominant in Asian/African/Latino
and the linear approach was more predominant in white/caucasian.
So people of different backgrounds would have to learn to
accept these differences were not intended as personal, and to accommodate
the styles in communication in order to mediate effectively despite these biases.
That's you experience with discrimination? Lol...sheesh
