We white people aren't used to thinking of ourselves in racial terms, though in the past this was quite common. Most of us today go through life minding our own business without even being very conscious that we're part of a group called a race. We may take for granted that most of our friends and family members are white. But to care about your race is really to care about all your white friends and loved ones, and about your social environment. Other people do it and for good reason. Why do African-Americans and Latinos and Muslims want more of their people to come here? Because they know it will make life better for them. The same is true for us. This doesn't mean we can't have non-white friends or that we shouldn't accept mixed race people or relatives. It's just a matter of acknowledging that most of us are happier in the society of people like us.
On the political side of things, collective activity is much more effective than individual effort, especially when it comes to the laws and public relations. So, if we want to have any ability to affect our own destiny as a people, we have to come together and work toward some common goals. Other groups do it all the time, and a lot of us even help them do it. We're just here to do the same thing for white people.
Why Should I Care?
Studies have shown that more homogeneous societies are happier than more diverse ones. For the most part people seem to be happier around people who are more like them than different. There are aspects of human nature that sometimes make it hard for others to accept you if you're not like them. Some of these things are biologically programmed into us. That doesn't mean we can't overcome them, but it does mean that sometimes you may find that people who are different from you feel hostility toward you, often for reasons they don't understand themselves. We feel that people should have the right to live in safe and friendly environments. This means that diversity is not a virtue in itself. But we respect everyone's right to choose for him or herself.
No comments:
Post a Comment
I welcome your comments but this area must be heavily regulated. I reserve the right to erase anything I don’t like and ban whomever I want. Here are a few guidelines.
1) No Nazis, neo-Nazis, National Socialists, White Supremacists, Ku Klux Klansmen, anti-Semites or haters will be permitted.
2) No racial epithets.
3) No bashing anyone.
4) No loonies. I’ll be the arbiter of your sanity.
5) Be succinct, edifying, constructive, cogent, relative and interesting.
6) Please be polite to each other and to me.
7) Don’t discuss religion.
8) Don't debate political systems.