Originally Posted by
plazma
As quoted from Teddy Roosevelt
In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.
I fully agree with that 100%.
How ever in this politically correct era that will never happen. Not when politicians have an economic agenda and offending minorities can get you labeled as a racist thus being black labeled by those funding campaigns.
Anyway the topic was about white pride and being proud to be white. Teddy Roosevelt's speech has little to do with white pride. He was asking those of a foreign decent to lay loyalty to the American flag. Are you referring to American pride or white pride? There is a difference.
I kinda understand where this thread derived from. Basically if a minority gets into a conflict with person of white decent they can lay down a race card and bring the argument to another level. Then its up to the white person to prove its not. Blah blah,.. I've experienced it myself. I got into a fight with a black guy. Kicked the shit out of him. He threw the race card in court stating I called him the N-word among other things. I had to take racial sensitivity class because of it. I'm still rpoud to be white. But I'm not going to bring myself to the level of people like that by wanting a national white pride day,.. or a miss white america. It would create hostility from exactly those who we are trying to say,.. we are proud to be white.
How many here listen to rap music? How many here talk to each other using ghetto lingo with fake 'gansta' attitudes? How many white people do that? Alot. I was at the race track on gandy one night. Young guy,.. maybe 17 - 18. He approached me and said he liked my car. I showed him under the hood and explained what my plans were for the car. He seemed like a nice educated kid. 2 cars pull up (imports LoL) and he knew the people in the cars. Suddenly his entire demeanor changed from white suburban to black urban. I remember thinking,.. WFT? Got in my car and left. Now tell me,.. is that white pride?
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