How will you define white culture? Glenn Beck refused to define white culture in an interview with Katie Couric
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That having been said, in today's society, race is often a "role" that people feel compelled to play. We all have many roles (mother/father, daughter/son, employee, friend, spouse, etc) and we act differently in each of those roles. In a sense, we are many different people crammed into one body, and our behavior is usually dictated by which role is called for in the given situation. In a situation where you feel highly defined by your race (perhaps you are the only person of your race or ethnicity in the room, or the conversation has become racially charged) you could find yourself feeling that your predominant role is "white." In that case, a subconscious part of your brain might be frantically pulling together what "white" is going to mean in that situation. In that context, a lot of stereotypes, or archetypes, suddenly come into play. Your archetypes will still be affected by the culture you grew up in, but you may grab some media images, mainstream jokes or whathaveyou, and smash together an image of "white" that could feel very similar across different "white" cultures, just because we have so much shared media nowadays.
Just my opinion. Only traces of actual psychological theories in there.
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However, I was a member of a team conducting diversity training several years ago at which a participant said, "I have no culture. I'm just plain old white bread and twinkies, middle-class, suburban, American." In telling us that she was a member of no culture, she successfully painted a picture of the culture in which was a member!
Communication Studies degree, Intercultural emphasis
Cultural Diversity Trainer for 10+ years
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