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Nothing at all. Be sure to tell everyone you meet you support the White Power movement. Send some e-mails at work telling your coworkers the same. I'm sure they'll be happy to learn more about it.What is the big deal about a white person saying “White Power”?
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!But that critique would also apply to those who shout "black power."
Emancipation?Raises awareness that blacks deserve emancipation, deserve the same. Balance.
Hi aldebaran,
Well, the proclamation of 'white power' is a familiar chant of skin heads, neo-Nazis and members of the KKK. If that doesn't give you pause as to why a lot of people think it's a 'bad' identifier, I'm guessing you just choose to ignore the issue, or you are ideologically aligned with one or more of those groups.
To pump one's fist and declare 'white power' sends the message that 'white people' are, in the matter of race, more powerful. For those who need to declare power, let's go with 'people power'. Let's all stand on the corner and declare 'people power'. Let our chant be that 'people' are more powerful.
White power is a slur against any race that isn't white. There's no problem with anyone being somewhat proud of their heritage, although even that should never come at the expense of someone else's heritage. Personally, I'm not particularly big on heritage, but I do realize that a lot of folks are. Question: what is 'white' power? When you say that to identify your heritage, as you say you would be using it, please explain what 'white' describes as a heritage? Then, if you wouldn't mind, explain what 'power' means for that heritage?
Let's go with 'people power'.
God bless,
In Christ, ted
Are you kidding me?
Assuming you're asking a serious question, there are at least two things that make it a big deal.
1. Regardless of what you may mean when you say "white power", your audience will hear "white power" as an assertion that it's good for white people to continue to dominate non-white people, and for white people to be able to hurt non-white people without getting in trouble for it.
2. "White" isn't really an ethnic or national identity. There's not really "white" food, "white" holidays, a "white" language, in the same way that there's Italian food, American holidays, a Welsh language. Celebrate your actual ethnicity or nationality instead of celebrating whiteness. Celebrate being American or Canadian; celebrate that your family came from Sweden or Germany or Ireland and brought their customs with them. They should have the power and the right to speak up without being silenced through intimidation.
Because it's historically associated with violent racist and white supremacist groups like the KKK. Just like there's nothing inherently wrong with the words "Sieg Heil" (German for "Hail Victory"), except it's considered offensive due to its link to the Nazi party.
I would think this would be obvious.
White power = white supremacy, which is simply not good.
If my wife comes to me in obvious pain and asks "Do you love me?" an answer of "I love everyone." would be truthful but hurtful and cruel in the moment.
If a co-worker comes to me iupset and says "My father just died." an answer of "Everyone's parents die." would be truthful but hurtful and cruel in the moment.
So when a friend speaks up in a time of obvious pain and hurt and says "Black lives matter." an answer of "All lives matter." would be truthful but hurtful and cruel in the moment.
~~~ Doug Williford
What is the big deal about a white person saying “White Power”? Is it wrong for a person to be proud of their skin color or heritage? Is it really any different than a black person being proud of being black, or a Native American being proud of their heritage? Would it be somehow more acceptable if the white person said, “White Privilege”, as some are often fond of calling it? I could understand if we were talking about a slanderous term against a particular race or skin color, but “White Power” isn’t a slur against any other race. It’s simply a reference to their own race.
It is quite common these days for people to be interested in where they came from and how their ancestors lived and what country they came from, which is why services for ancestor tracking have become popular. Knowing one’s roots often gives a person a sense of pride in knowing where they came from. If it’s socially acceptable for those of “racial minorities” to do so, is it any less acceptable for those who come from a Caucasian background to do the same?
That's because white people are already ahead in western society. Starting an organization to advocate for white people is like starting a charity to help millionaires.
That's because white people are already ahead in western society. Starting an organization to advocate for white people is like starting a charity to help millionaires.
I'd just ask, "Why does a white Christian need to identify with white power?" What biblical goal should this speech act achieve for a Christian? Anything of any substantial Christian substance?
And "Black Power" = ?
Equally not good.
To equate "Black Lives Matter" to "Black Power" is a major mistake.
And "Black Power" = ?
I was asking about the term in general.
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