What is white culture?

There doesn't seem to be a 'cultural issues' section (pcmiiw), so if there is a section more pertinent to this topic, Mods feel free to move thread.

A quick search on several different search engines of 'white culture' all bring to the top of the list memes denegrating the idea and articles suggesting that either there is no white culture, or whites have just appropriated other cultures.

So, 'whites' (and everyone else, why not?), what is your culture?

I am genetically a 'white mutt'. While my family namesake is officially traceable to medieval Ireland and from there potentially Scandinavia, my genetics are a mix of people from all over Northern and Western Europe with a smattering of peoples native to North America. So I just go with the origin of my namesake- the Celts and/or the Vikings.

So here is a taste of what I consider to be 'my cultural heritage' from roundabouts the bronze age or early iron age.

*disclaimer from the performers: 'Heilung is Amplified History from early medieval northern Europe and should not be mistaken for a modern political or religious statement of any kind.'

 

"White Culture" is a term made up by white supremacists.

 

Well... thx for validating my post as a genuine political issue... I guess.

Do you think the cultural example I provided is racist, or just my choice of terminology?

 

I hope it's the latter.

 

So you came here to rant. Rgr.

Do you find the term 'black culture' similarly racist?

 

White culture is not knowing how to season food and thinking mayo is "spicy".

 

I presume that means you don't think the cultural example provided in the OP qualifies as 'white culture.' Why?

 

I don't know if it's racist. A white person bringing up "black culture" (with no other qualifiers) would certainly be very suspect. You see, racism is not a matter of words... it's a matter of intent. The intent of those who often use terms like "white culture" or "Arian culture" or similar... is to imply that it's somehow "superior".

 

Well that didn't take long. The race card was immediately dealt. So many white supremacist everywhere, LOL.

 

So instead of actually answering my question, you assert that you know my intent based on a stereotype. LOL

 

White northerners maybe

 

White culture generally is used to mean WASP culture. I've taken it as a joke of sorts, like making fun of white supremacists. In terms of you and Scandinavia? That's still not quite the right way to look at "Scandinavia". It's a fictionalized concept and we pick and choose what we want to emphasize from that culture. For example I'm "Scandinavian" too because my family came from Denmark. I chose to emphasize Hans Christian Anderson and the Little Mermaid vs the Vikings history.

 

I feel like that's a challenge, are you throwing down the gauntlet?

 

You must have never been to south Louisiana or you would've known better. I'm cajun, we love spicy food.

 

Read again: To your question I answered "I hope it's the latter". And don't start playing the "oh goodness gracious!... you're accusing me of racism" game.

If the purpose of this thread was (and it looks like it was) to try to "bait" somebody into calling you a racist, you're on your own....

 

Oh thank gosh, I thought you were going to use something like "barbeque" or something like that as your example. It's nice but not that good.

I have not been to Louisiana before, though I am open to Cajun food. I would love to have some one day. Though right now I'm going through a fried food thing. Any recommendations?

 

Are you suggesting that my provision of a single example is an 'emphasis'? Is there a way I can provide an example of my culture without also providing a comprehensive treatise on of the entire history of it, while also not 'emphasizing'?

And what do you mean 'Scandinavia is a fictionalized concept'?

 

Gumbo, etouffe', or a seafood boil is a good start. Cajuns and south LA loves fried foods too. It's the best food in the country. I don't live there anymore but when I go back to visit, I get my fill. Now I live where they think mayo is spicy.

 

Thats quite a chip you've got there... good luck with it.

 

Ugh yeah. I'm super lucky. My GF is an amazing cook and knows how to make so many different dishes. Like she taught me how to make my own hot sauce the other day while we were frying cauliflower. She's amazing.

Though I don't know about anything with seafood in it. It's a running joke between my gf and I that I can't cook anything with seafood on it.

 

Many in America believe that there is no such thing as "white culture". That whatever "culture" we "have" is just appropriated from other races. Of course when they say "appropriated" they mean it as if its a bad thing. Something that shouldn't be done. At least now a days they do. But in the not so distant past it was actually a form of flattery. Something that everyone strove for (and still does in many respects, even if they won't admit it).

And its true. White culture does appropriate many things from other races. Rap is an example of such often used. But that is not to say that whites don't have a culture of their own either. Country music for instance was invented by white people. Same with Classical music. (think Beethoven). Additionally while many types of music are referred to from their country of origin (celtic music for example comes from Ireland), those are still a part of white culture.

As for those that say that anyone talking about "white culture" is racist...well...what ISN'T racist now a days? Due to that I scoff at such.

 

White culture doesn't really exist and evidence that whites are by far the most tolerant of all races. Look around, asians and blacks like segregation.. blacks LOVE their own tv network 'BET', 'black only dating', black only movies... they make it a point to isolate 'black culture' from other cultures and proud about it. Whites? if any white person advocates for white entertainment television or white only movies or make it a point to isolate 'whiteness' from other races, they are racists. But the ones who do are on the fringes and like .0001% of white people. Blacks, on the other hand, stand mano and mano with their effort to segregate and isolate. Asians kinds do the same thing... they tend to isolate.

it's a funny thing.... without a doubt, the race which is the most open, the most tolerant, is the white race.. It's why we can't even point to what is white culture, white culture is everyone's culture.... it doesn't exist. Blacks and asians though, they love to ensure that asian and black culture stands alone... whites, stay out!

one of the things progressives are best at is projection... every accusation, claim against others, it's as if they are looking at themselves in the mirror.

 

What about the example I provided in OP isn't 'white culture'?

 

I am a white mutt as well: half Czech, and the rest: Italian and British.

Lots of cultures of White people. Historically, there's been discrimination against groups of white people. My immigrant Czech dad was picked on by "Americans", and my Italian grandfather was mistreated a bit for being a Wop. Jews and others have also been discriminated against, and still are in places. Humans seem to be naturally chauvinistic - our town, our state, our school - anything that differentiates us, we treat as special. Whiteness differentiates us from non-whites, so many of us highlight the differences and focus on that. "White culture" is non-black, non-Hispanic, non-Asian culture. It's not that we're REALLY more different culturally than we are from other white groups, it's that people draw a distinction. The distinctions are reinforced by stereotypes and what come to be expectations and confirmation bias.

 

It's an example of what I'm talking about. Scandinavia is more than Vikings much in the same that not everybody in Denmark loves Anderson and his stories. And I don't think there will be any way you can do that without highlighting what you think matters when it comes time to talking about your heritage.

Scandinavia doesn't necessarily exist because it is a historical fact but because it's a constructed historical fact. It's nation building. We like to think about vikings in a mysticized way. When in actuality they were a bunch of drugged up barbarians who looted because they didn't have enough land to grow food back home. Not great warriors who set sail. Just people. Nothing more, nothing less.