You have no idea much much I agree to this. Trust me, there is no white man with more contempt for white society than me.
That said, it is ignorant to demonize one race and consider all others saintly.
I am not ashamed of being white
White civilization, despite its many injustices, has contributed greatly to this world.
Consider; philosophy, astronomy, science, medicine, literature, theatre... White contributions to these things are inumerable. While whites may not have been the origional innovators of these things, it is argueable to say that they redefined these things and gave them shape like no one else, leading to many of the marvels of the modern world.
That is not said out of arrogance and racial superiority, but out of pride. Every single human being should be proud of his heritage. But only a fool fails to recognise that injustices of his own people, and acknowledge the good in other races.
I do not feel guilty for being white.
Every race has things to be proud of, and things to condemn about its history. I refuse to have my race attacked for the actions of a group, or several groups, throughout history. And I cant respect a non-white who doesn't feel the same about his race.
Do you think that I, as a white man, am proud of say, slavery? Of course not.
But then virually every race has indulged in slavery, and if not slavery, something else equally horrible. Its worthy of notice that most africans sold to american and british slavers were sold by their fellow africans. Middle eastern cultures were privvy to slavery long before the white man. But then, whites are the only ones made to feel guilty for it.
I reject the tyranny of "white" society. Muslims the world over reject terrorism done in the name of their Faith. Israelies reject the warmongering of their nation. You cannot condemn a race by the actions of its members.
Every human being is capable of great inhumanity. Every human being is capable of great nobility. That is not specific to race.
We all have our greats. We also have our shadows.
I will not apologize for being white
All due respect to the author of this thread, but his post seems to me to be an ignorant attempt to make himself feel better at the expense of another, in this context a whole race specifically. That is very small.
An ignorant arguement, that can be used against for the opposite side just as effectively. Hell, it could be used to fight for any point. That doesn't make it valid. Any child can make a statement without considering everything involved, and still be completly assured of their own justifiability.
Can you deny the great things that whites have done, in context? Or are those things overshadowed by dark deeds and unfortuante facts in history? In that case, would you consider every non-white to be a saint?
Respect your fellow man, no matter what his race. Praise him for his achievements, and do not let his vices blind you to your own.
I sigh to myself as I am about to submit this, knowing cries of "white supremacist" and "racist" are surely immenant. If only we could get past these pointless battles of "who is better", when, really, we are all equally flawed, but all equally capable of overcoming those flaws.
I am proud of being white.
But more importantly, I am proud of being human.
And thats what comes first.