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I think I have figgered out my problem: I don't watch enough TV...

I don't know who is dese guys!

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What a big wuss.

How would you define "white culture"?

I wouldn't, Bill - because I don't believe their is such a thing.

Is there a black culture?

There is in the sense of the descendants of slavery - but probably more accurately African-American culture. There is also the commonality of all blacks in this country, who have been subjected to racial prejudice which are permeated for centuries and created certain cultural traits, just as there is a Jewish culture or Irish culture.

MAybe White Culture is kinda like pornography..... you know it what it is, when you see it.

What cultural traits do you think that all people of 'white' skin share across this country, Danno, that is unique to them?

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It's just not possible to define a single white culture, because there is none. A country the size of the US is made of multiple cultures and sub-cultures. This diversity is actually why so many people don't get the US. Most other countries I have been to that are smaller in population, do have a dominant homogeneous culture. Therefore, people mistakenly assume the US is like that too. This is why when someone abroad says they had a bad experience with an American tourist, I usually ask if they know where this person was from; as it makes a world of difference.

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What a big wuss.

How would you define "white culture"?

I wouldn't, Bill - because I don't believe their is such a thing.

Is there a black culture?

There is in the sense of the descendants of slavery - but probably more accurately African-American culture. There is also the commonality of all blacks in this country, who have been subjected to racial prejudice which are permeated for centuries and created certain cultural traits, just as there is a Jewish culture or Irish culture.

MAybe White Culture is kinda like pornography..... you know it what it is, when you see it.

What cultural traits do you think that all people of 'white' skin share across this country, Danno, that is unique to them?

It's a good question.

Though I don't know that you named any cultural traits yourself.

I guess when we say "white" we really mean European as all of the white people pretty much are traced back to that region.

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Weak as water.

White culture in the US is Eurocentric and Puritanical. White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. That is the history, and that is the culture. The rest of the American cultures are just variations on a theme. Sooner, or later, all Americans, no matter where they came from, fit the mold after a generation or two. The great melting pot.

Easy.

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It's a good question.

Though I don't know that you named any cultural traits yourself.

I guess when we say "white" we really mean European as all of the white people pretty much are traced back to that region.

European culture is different than saying 'white culture'. We talk about Asian culture, that's regional...not derived by skin color.

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Weak as water.

White culture in the US is Eurocentric and Puritanical. White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. That is the history, and that is the culture. The rest of the American cultures are just variations on a theme. Sooner, or later, all Americans, no matter where they came from, fit the mold after a generation or two. The great melting pot.

Easy.

The problem with the label, "white culture" is that it implies there are common cultural traits based on skin color rather than region.

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I think it has something to do with Cheez Whiz, but I'd stand corrected.

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