Vassenor wrote:United States of Red Dawn wrote:Maybe because I like the idea of a race of people that are far more similar to me in many ways, more than others. Yes there are gray areas, and it isn't always black and white, so to speak, but, I feel far more familiar and at home with other whites. What's wrong with preserving a genotype/phenotype? Why is it wrong only for whites to want that?
Because "preserving the white race" tends to go hand in hand with calls for the oppression of other races in service of that goal. That's when it becomes wrong.
It reminds me of "White Pride". It's often criticized because it's somewhat a celebration of the absence of other race.
Going through early American history, where I can see the development of the 'one drop' rule, it does sort of show some historical context,
But I always wondered why 'half whites' can't celebrate that they're 'white' when the whitest people I know celebrate being 1/64th Cherokee.






