Do Most Whites Lack An Identity?

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Neanderthal Broadcast Channel..

And everywhere I go, there's always something to remind me, of another place in time..

 

Pretty sure I'm Andy and I'm white.

 

There are more things to identify yourself by than race. But even if you were to define yourself by your ethnic background, "white" is a pretty blanket term. There are as many countries of origin for Caucasians as there are for anyone else. I know people who are pretty proud of their Irish, Portuguese, or Norwegian heritage, for example.

 

I'd only have to identify myself as "white" if I were corresponding with someone who couldn't see me and/or hear me; and that would only be if they asked me that specific question.

 

Ahh the entertaining phrase "You're sooooooo white."

 

I was walking down the street in South Phoenix some time ago and there were these two guy on a porch...

One says to the other "Whut da hell is dat?"

Second guy says "I'donno, but it shor is white."


So I guess they identified me as white....

 

I had a black woman declare that I was black and that I just didn't know it. She told me that I sure could pass (for a black trying to pass as a white?). IDK

 

Can I identify as a hippie?

are all hippies white? er caucasian?

 

I know a lot of white people who have never made any effort to establish any kind of an identity other than that of a competitive conformist. That's sad.

 

I think it's even more sad that in order to "identify" you must declare that you belong to some race, group, clan, church, nation or whaddevah,

I don't identify as anything other than myself. Nobody else is exactly like me so why would I identify with a certain group of people, each of which is an individual in his or her own right?

 

That's what I'm saying.

The group I identify with is my immediate family.

 

I really, really hope you don't actually give lectures to young students about anything, and I pray to zeus that you have never had a therapist relationship with anybody.

you are very, very deeply confused about every topic i've seen you post and the deep rooted racism you reveal in this thread is disturbing.

 

Are we saying that having a group to identify with isn't a priority?

 

I know what you're saying, and I technically agree with you, but it's a less than useful response when somebody asks you to describe yourself. They're not going to learn anything from that answer.

The way you dress and the way you interact with others is an important part of your personal identity. Of course, we don't regularly see each other online.

I tend to think of myself mostly in terms of my values and interests. And I have to hope nobody reads too much into those labels either. For example, I consider myself a jazz fan. I think some people have some negative images in their minds of what a jazz fan is, but the truth is, it can be anybody. It's just a type of music, not a race or culture or ethnic group. When I'm at a concert, I'm aware that most of the audience is older than me, but I'm focused on the stage, not on group identity.

When I think about the OP's question in the title, I visualize a middle aged male office worker who is afraid to reveal anything personal about himself, for fear that it may cause problems down the road at work. He thinks it's safer to come across as generic and bland. Maybe there's a more interesting person hidden inside, or maybe not.

 

Actually I think they might. If I describe myself as a person of this/that color, race, gender, social status and a couple other additional info they could be talking to a million people.
If I describe myself - and only myself - they're talking to me. Sure my skin color is still the same as xyz people but there's not really anything I can do about it.

Nor do I really care.

 

So, what do you tell them?

 

I identify with people who are laid back, open minded, tolerant, non judgemental,, non traditional, generally happy, cool, chill people.

The person i work with who I most identify with this persona is a 55 year old black woman. We're seperated by race and age but we sniffed each other out and immediately recognized each other as the same type of person.

 

At work, I connect best (personally) with an administrative assistant half my age who was born along the India-Pakistan border. Superficially, we appear to have nothing in common. In things that matter most to us, we think very much alike.