It would better serve disadvantaged cultures to adopt the attributes of white culture. Instead of pointing out how it's somehow something evil, mention how most of those behaviors allow you to lead a pretty comfortable life. #embracewhiteculture
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It would better serve disadvantaged cultures to adopt the attributes of white culture. Instead of pointing out how it's somehow something evil, mention how most of those behaviors allow you to lead a pretty comfortable life. #embracewhiteculture
There’s some truth in those bizarre charts about ‘whiteness'
For one thing, we should understand that cultural values are a real thing and that in a multicultural society, you’ll end up with at least subtly clashing values.
There is no doubt that different cultures have different ideas of what’s “on time.” After years of being told we can’t generalize about culture or ethnicity, you’re probably afraid to admit it, but that's the way it is. My wife and I once attended my cousin’s wedding in Puerto Rico, and cognizant of “Island Time,” we didn’t show up our standard 15 minutes early, as we would have for a once-in-a-lifetime event such as a wedding or a funeral. We showed up about five minutes early. Everyone who arrived at the scheduled time was an off-islander. The wedding started about 45 minutes late, and most of the guests seemed totally unfazed by that.
In fact, a surprising number of formal studies have shown how much culture determines one’s perception of time.
So if you’re a principal in a school and many of your students are from less punctuality-sensitive cultures, you may need to make special efforts to encourage punctuality, or even to make special accommodations.
To be clear, such differences aren't racial or genetic. They are cultural.
It's the same with speech. America has many different dialects. Listen to people from Queens, and then listen to people from Vermont, and then listen to people from Pensacola, and then Pittsburgh, and LA: Even if they all have the same skin tone, you will find their grammar, pronunciation, and word choice will vary.
But these cultural differences sometimes also appear along racial lines, as with the difference in the English vernacular used in many parts of the United States between white people and African Americans.
For one thing, we should understand that cultural values are a real thing and that in a multicultural society, you’ll end up with at least subtly clashing values.
There is no doubt that different cultures have different ideas of what’s “on time.” After years of being told we can’t generalize about culture or ethnicity, you’re probably afraid to admit it, but that's the way it is. My wife and I once attended my cousin’s wedding in Puerto Rico, and cognizant of “Island Time,” we didn’t show up our standard 15 minutes early, as we would have for a once-in-a-lifetime event such as a wedding or a funeral. We showed up about five minutes early. Everyone who arrived at the scheduled time was an off-islander. The wedding started about 45 minutes late, and most of the guests seemed totally unfazed by that.
In fact, a surprising number of formal studies have shown how much culture determines one’s perception of time.
So if you’re a principal in a school and many of your students are from less punctuality-sensitive cultures, you may need to make special efforts to encourage punctuality, or even to make special accommodations.
To be clear, such differences aren't racial or genetic. They are cultural.
It's the same with speech. America has many different dialects. Listen to people from Queens, and then listen to people from Vermont, and then listen to people from Pensacola, and then Pittsburgh, and LA: Even if they all have the same skin tone, you will find their grammar, pronunciation, and word choice will vary.
But these cultural differences sometimes also appear along racial lines, as with the difference in the English vernacular used in many parts of the United States between white people and African Americans.
you get a DI up your ass in basic ....... College is not so aggressive
White People, Europeans Obsessed With Time, WA State Official Says
Dr. Karen Johnson, who was serving as equity and inclusion administrator for the Washington State Department of Corrections in November, said at the November 25 meeting discussing “Removing health disparities by race/ethnicity/gender”:
One member of the committee, asked, “I do want to ask for clarity; we are still going to move forward with the idea of an advisory board. Is that true, committee? Okay. I just want to double-check cause I think that’s really important.”
Another submitted, “Can we move on?”
Dr. Karen Johnson, who was serving as equity and inclusion administrator for the Washington State Department of Corrections in November, said at the November 25 meeting discussing “Removing health disparities by race/ethnicity/gender”:
One member of the committee, asked, “I do want to ask for clarity; we are still going to move forward with the idea of an advisory board. Is that true, committee? Okay. I just want to double-check cause I think that’s really important.”
Another submitted, “Can we move on?”
Let me tell you, this white person is not obsessed with time. That is unless I'm doing something I don't want to be doing... like attending a meeting.