Would you be upest if you saw someone white wearing a t-shirt that said "Proud to be white"? What if it was a black person wearing a shirt saying "Proud to be black"?
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Not upset but I think its arrogant, distasteful and shows a complete distortion of the defintion of "pride" in both instances. I have absolutely no idea how anybody can be "proud" of something he or she has absolutely no control over, and has not created or contributed to himself. It makes no sense.
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Would I be upset? Most likely not because it's not hurting anyone.
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Pretty much indifferent either way although I would wonder as a fleeting thought if either race would be proud of either and if so I would hope it would be for something more than wearing a printed shirt.+5
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It wouldn't offend me either way. I'd think of them as a tacky dresser who's probably an asshole though.
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I could not care less about either. Neither person is doing anyone any harm.
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I would be mildly amused. I only wonder what their kids t-shirt would say, if they had a child together.
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Well, depending on where they were, I might follow them just to see if they get their asses kicked :)
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I would think the person had poor taste and poor judgment. They should be proud of themselves but that is not the way to display it.
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I wouldn't be upest in either case- I'd be downest. ;)
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I wont be upset about it; for I couldn't care less who's proud of being whatever. I just find it a meaningless advertising of oneself--and about something they had no say in it. Being black or white or whatever is not in any way a human quality.
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Wouldn't worry me. Each to his own. We should be proud of who we are.
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Yeah they're both annoying.
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It wouldn't upset me, however, I would think that the person was stupid. You should be proud of achievements, proud of things you have actually DONE, not something you were born with. Being proud of being white/black/whatever is like being proud to have toes, or being proud of your left leg, it's stupid. You did nothing to attain your skin colour.
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They can be proud if they want to be. I personally think pride in colour is stupid. Why? 'Cause you can't help the way that you were born. Big deal. I don't go around wearing shirts that say things like "I'm proud to have brown eyes", "I'm proud to have brown hair", "I'm proud to be *'*" tall!", "I'm proud of being born in Canada", "I'm proud to be white", "I'm proud to wear size 8 1/2 shoes", "I'm proud to be size (blahblahblah) in clothes", and so on. Why would you be proud of something you can't even help? To be "PROUD" of something like that is to say that anyone who isn't like you has something wrong with him or her. Would it make me upset, though? Nope.
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