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How "white"? How odd. I didn't know attitudes and ideas had colors.
by ChrisHugh 14y ago
How "white"? How odd. I didn't know attitudes and ideas had colors.
- JPKab 14y agoYou got me there. I wish I could think of a word to describe the group of people who have been brainwashed into thinking that if they don't spend shitloads of money on stuff, and buy a big house in the burbs, that they are bad parents...... But you are right, saying it's a "white" thing is racist of me. There are people of all colors who get trapped into this bullshit, as well as people of all colors who are not fooled by it.
- WiseWeasel 14y agoBourgeois. Closest English term I can think of which conveys a similar notion is WASP. I believe they might have been called "city-folk" at some point... maybe the equivalent of suburbanites or gated-community-dwellers today. Maybe saying, "that's a gated-community mentality!" would convey a similar meaning in a succinct and relatively PC way.
- drcube 14y agoWhat do you think the "W" stands for in WASP?
- WiseWeasel 14y agoI am fully aware of what it represents, hence the need to come up with a less divisive term. I was just observing that it's often used in that context.