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**pertikuss** · 07-07-2012, 05:54 AM

It kinda makes it seem like being "white" is normal and everyone else is out of the ordinary so I don't really like it to be honest and I would never use it either, it sounds very old-fashioned and I think it has some negative connotations for non-whites.

Besides, the implication is that "white" is a monolithic "other", which it isn't. Just as there's not "person of colour" ethnicity or culture, there's not "white" ethnicity or culture.

07-07-2012, 05:54 AM	#14
pertikuss Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 383 Senior Member	It kinda makes it seem like being "white" is normal and everyone else is out of the ordinary so I don't really like it to be honest and I would never use it either, it sounds very old-fashioned and I think it has some negative connotations for non-whites. Besides, the implication is that "white" is a monolithic "other", which it isn't. Just as there's not "person of colour" ethnicity or culture, there's not "white" ethnicity or culture.
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