The collective white guilt

In light of recent political events, this may seem a somewhat controversial, even dangerous subject. But that won’t stop me. It never will. The truth must be spoken.

The white race is suffering from a terrible malaise, a sickness that has hung around its neck for decades. This is the collective guilt for the actions of our ancestors, for slavery and colonialism, for the Great British Empire and others. In our multicultural society, it seems the celebration and pride in the white race is hidden behind guilty looks and disapproving pc-morons. Whereas black and asian communities are known for celebrating their roots, their traditions and culture, it seems we shy away from doing this ourselves.

Why is this? The immediate answer that jumps to mind is a deep-rooted terror and paranoia over anything that seems close to Nazism. But racial pride is NOT racial supremacy. A man can show pride in his race without believing it superior to all others. To further illustrate this problem, new UFC Heavyweight Champion, the Mexican-born Cain Velasquez, has a tattoo across his chest proclaiming, in big, bold letters, simply “Brown Pride.” Racial pride is no bad thing, so long as it doesn’t move into supremacy, but that’s not the problem. The problem, as far as I see, is the hypocrisy of people’s reaction to the tattoo. Velasquez is praised for his pride in his culture and heritage, but what would happen if say, Keith Jardine- a shaven-headed white guy- stepped  out with “White Pride” emblazoned across his flesh? The reaction, I’m sure, would be very different.

Perhaps this malaise is a side-effect of the permeation of the New Testament Christian theology throughout western society, destroying the Nietzschean noble morality in favour of the weak, submissive slave morality. But the effect of the forgiveness-religions are not restricted to the west, or by racial lines.

The complete answer is no doubt long and complex, but in an age where boundaries look increasingly likely to be redrawn along continental lines, where greedy, corrupt little politicians in Brussels threaten to undermine the very notion of a sovereign state and independent country, I hope we can recover from this sickness before it is too late.