How would you define your white American culture? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

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I ask this having been to events with national/ethnic dress, food, and other cultures. What can a white American say their culture is? It feels that for better or worse it’s been all melted together.

Trying to trace back to European roots feels disingenuous because I’ve been disconnected from those roots for a few generations.

This also makes me wonder was their any political motive in making white American culture be everything and nothing?

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[-] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 11 points 1 day ago

The most central characteristic of whiteness is a belief in racism. It feels disingenuous because there is no white race other than what we've constructed socially for political purposes. English culture exists, Latvian culture exists, Russian culture exists, many American cultures exist, and white culture doesn't exist and never has.

this post was submitted on 17 May 2025

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