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white self-hatred
You can see where I am going with this argument. White “privilege” is a concept resulting from racial self-hatred. It is hatred of the white race by whites. This is nothing new. There are blacks who hate the black race, Jews who hate the Jewish people, and every other kind of group self-hatred. However, it is still an anomaly that deserves an explanation.
The normal inclination would be to love oneself or love one’s group. Why do many white people hate “whiteness” or white people as a group? Do they hate themselves; or am I missing something?
Being a white man who does not hate the white race, I can only speculate as to the motivation of my fellow whites who are obsessed with fighting white racism. Is this because they think it is a serious problem in our society. Are blacks still being persecuted? Then why not focus on actual instances of persecution?
What does racial slavery have to do with anything any more? This practice ended 145 years ago. There are more recent kinds of abuse that need to be addressed. Such agitation might actually do some good. To complain about the extinct institution of slavery is like beating a dead horse.
No, white self-hatred may be related to one’s individual sense of self-identity. If a white person hates white people as a group, I would suspect that he or she does not fully identify with being white. Physically I am white, the person might say, but spiritually I am not. There is something about me which is not white. This kind of whiteness is representative of something other than skin color. Maybe it has to do with the so-called “white society”. It says: I am alienated from white society. I am not part of the majority population or the society’s power structure.
Rebellious teenagers are often alienated from society. They are “special” in some way. For instance, they are a minority among their peers. The person may be a female in a “man’s world”, or a gay or lesbian in a society that is predominately straight. In that case, it would be natural to identify with a persecuted minority rather than with the majority population. |
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