I have to agree with you, Ray. I'll tell you - I'm very proud of myself.... not my race. I don't prescribe to the idea of being proud of a race .... being proud of the cultural contributions of your race is fine if you're into that - but I prefer to be proud of the more relavent current state of affairs of a people. Like you, I've married into a completely different culture (Asian). I did visit and did fall in love with India, and though my "legal nationality" is that of the US and UK (dual citizenship), I am a very proud Indian. Theirs is a beautiful culture - an amazing blend of ancient tradition with modern 'western' ideas. I'll tell you something else - one day I will just disappear into the Indian subcontinent. Back to what you were saying - everywhere I went in India, I was accepted and celebrated as an Indian....in fact, I am frequently told that I'm more Indian than many "real Indians" my age.... blood has nothing to do with it. It's all about attitude, values, and respect for the heritage and culture of a people. I like India as an example - depending on what part of India you're in the people could have fairer skin than me, or be darker than most any race you've ever seen.... and they're all very proud to be part of the same society. Likewise, I am proud to be a part of that as well.... not proud of the race per se, but proud of what that race has acheived (and is still continuing to acheive) from a local and global stand point.
~Simon Simon Horwith Macromedia Certified Instructor Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer Fig Leaf Software 1400 16th St NW, # 500 Washington DC 20036 202.797.6570 (direct line) www.figleaf.com -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:24 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > I dont' think anyone gets labled a racist for being proud of > their race. > > Perhaps for not seeing where minorities need to be more aware > of their race > than the majority though. > Which brings up a point - why even be proud of you race? As far as I know, no one accomplished anything because they were white or black or French or German. They accomplished something as a person. For every N example of a great person of race Y, I'm sure you can find N*99 people who haven't done crap. I can't take credit for Einstein just because he and I are both white, nor should I feel bad that Hitler was white. I can understand being proud of your country, but what does that have to do with blood or race? If I fall in love with South Korea and decide to move there and immerse myself in the culture and become a citizen, etc - I assume I can consider myself a proud South Korean - but it certainly doesn't have anything to do with my blood. Now that I think of it - one could say that in many cases, there is a close ratio of race to country, and America is probably the exception. What do others think? -Ray ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
