If you haven't checked out the hysterical site Stuff White People Like, I highly recommend that you do. If not for the things listed that call out many white people in this country, do it for the heated comments that people leave who have no sense of humor/wouldn't get it to save their lives.
It blows me away that the author started this site in JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, and already he has a book coming out in July in addition to the nearly 30 million hits to his site to date. If only we could all be so lucky.
I was going through the list and started to wonder how truly white I am. And if I don't fall into the category of "white," what exactly does that make me then? Let's analyze:
Very me:
5. Farmers markets
6. Organic foods
7. Diversity
12. Non-Profit Organizations
15. Yoga
18. Awareness
19. Traveling
22. Having two last names (HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA not by choice)
32. Vegan/Vegetarianism
41. Indie Music
42. Sushi
43. Plays (if I could afford to go)
48. Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
49. Vintage
51. Living by the water
59. Natural medicine
60. Toyota Prius
61. Bicycles
64. Recycling
65. Co-ed Sports
84. and 86. Shorts and T-shirts
Things white people like that I definitely don't like
29. 80's night
33. Marijuana
52. Sarah Silverman
63. Expensive Sandwiches
66. Divorce
76. Bottles of water
55. Apologies (I laughed so hard at this one... I heard a lady in Kohl's the other day say, "I'm sorry, those are mine," to an employee who was trying to organize the area and I wondered why in the world she felt the need to apologize for that fact.)
56. Lawyers (Oops... did I say that out loud?)
62. Knowing what's best for poor people
Anyway, you do the math. But per the list, I am pretty damn white. And i'm ok with that. As long as I am an open-minded, vegetarian, who loves plays, hybrid vehicles, recycling, indie music, and wearing t-shirts and shorts while I live by the water.
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