Wednesday, February 10, 2010

What Is Whiteness Really?

Defining what is whiteness is a hard thing to do in a society that is so full of various races. Stereotypes for white people usually include the weatherman with the a very wide-ranged vocabulary. Comedian Dave Chappelle claimed stereotypical things a white person does is drink juice as well as not being capable of dancing. In today's society being white really means that you are limited in the jokes and lingos that other racial groups are allowed to share. A white person is immediately targeted if a thought to be racist statement is made. Most other groups have their own culture to fall back on or use amongst themselves, however white people are not allowed that luxury. The white stereotype in usually always negative, being portrayed as either rednecks or upperclass citizens that look down on all other groups besides their own who remain ignorant and choose to remain that way. Though white people are attacked for being racist the majority of the time, white people are still having to suffer to the mistake in America that was slavery, by succombing to societies views of them being racist.

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