| | From a Canadian living in the US:
#20: Being an expert on YOUR culture
White people are pretty conflicted about their culture
.....
One way they can make up for it is becoming marginally acquainted
with foreign cultures. It is generally acceptable for a white person
to learn a few terms in a language spoken primary by non-whites (such
as Chinese, Tagalog or Portuguese). They can then use these phrases to
order certain ‘more authentic’ dishes in restaurants.
....
These responses will fill white people with that self satisfaction
they need. Also, they consider a reminder that they are not racist,
which also makes them feel terrific.
#75: Threatening to Move to Canada
Often times, white people get frustrated with the state of their
country. They do not like the President, or Congress, or the health
care system, or the illegal status of Marijuana. Whenever they are
presented with a situation that seems unreasonable to them, their first
instinct is to threaten to move to Canada.
For example, if you are watching TV with white people and there is a
piece on the news about that they do not agree with, they are likely to
declare “ok, that’s it, I’m moving to Canada.”
.......
#62: Knowing what's best for poor people
White people spend a lot of time of worrying about poor people....
They feel guilty and sad that poor people shop at Wal*Mart instead
of Whole Foods, that they vote Republican instead of Democratic, that
they go to Community College/get a job instead of studying art at a
University.
It is a poorly guarded secret that, deep down, white people believe
if given money and education that all poor people would be EXACTLY like
them. In fact, the only reason that poor people make the choices they
do is because they have not been given the means to make the right
choices and care about the right things. .....
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