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| "Yes, it would be worthwhile to study clinically, in detail, the steps taken by [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] and Hitlerism and to reveal to the very distinguished, very [[humanistic]], very Christian bourgeois of the twentieth century that without his being aware of it, he has a Hitler inside him, that Hitler ''inhabits'' him, that Hitler is his ''demon'', that if he rails against him, he is being inconsistent and that, at bottom, what he cannot forgive Hitler for is not ''the crime'' in itself, ''the crime against man'', it is not ''the humiliation of man as such'', it is the crime against the [[White people|white man]], the humiliation of the white man, and the fact that he applied to Europe colonialist procedures which until then had been reserved exclusively for the [[Arab-Berber|Arabs of Algeria]], the '[[coolie]]s' of India and the '[[nigger]]s' of Africa." --''[[Discourse on Colonialism]]'' (1950) by Aimé Césaire | "Yes, it would be worthwhile to study clinically, in detail, the steps taken by [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] and Hitlerism and to reveal to the very distinguished, very [[humanistic]], very Christian bourgeois of the twentieth century that without his being aware of it, he has a Hitler inside him, that Hitler ''inhabits'' him, that Hitler is his ''demon'', that if he rails against him, he is being inconsistent and that, at bottom, what he cannot forgive Hitler for is not ''the crime'' in itself, ''the crime against man'', it is not ''the humiliation of man as such'', it is the crime against the [[White people|white man]], the humiliation of the white man, and the fact that he applied to Europe colonialist procedures which until then had been reserved exclusively for the [[Arab-Berber|Arabs of Algeria]], the '[[coolie]]s' of India and the '[[nigger]]s' of Africa." --''[[Discourse on Colonialism]]'' (1950) by Aimé Césaire | ||
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| - | "If America ''is'' the culmination of [[Western civilization|Western white civilization]], as everyone from [[Left-wing politics|the Left]] to [[Right-wing politics|the Right]] declares, then there must be something terribly wrong with Western white civilization. This is a painful truth; few of us want to go that far.... The truth is that [[Mozart]], [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Boolean algebra]], [[Shakespeare]], [[parliamentary government]], [[Baroque architecture|baroque churches]], [[Isaac Newton|Newton]], the [[emancipation of women]], [[Kant]], [[Marx]], [[George Balanchine|Balanchine ballets]], ''[[et al]]'', don't redeem what this particular civilization has wrought upon the world. The [[white race]] ''is'' the [[cancer]] of human history; it is the white race and it alone—its [[ideologies]] and inventions—which eradicates autonomous civilizations wherever it spreads, which has upset the [[ecological balance]] of the planet, which now [[Holocene extinction|threatens the very existence of life]] itself."--Susan Sontag in 1967 in ''[[Partisan Review]]'' | + | "If America ''is'' the culmination of [[Western civilization|Western white civilization]], as everyone from [[Left-wing politics|the Left]] to [[Right-wing politics|the Right]] declares, then there must be something terribly wrong with Western white civilization. This is a painful truth; few of us want to go that far.... The truth is that [[Mozart]], [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Boolean algebra]], [[Shakespeare]], [[parliamentary government]], [[Baroque architecture|baroque churches]], [[Isaac Newton|Newton]], the [[emancipation of women]], [[Kant]], [[Marx]], [[George Balanchine|Balanchine ballets]], ''[[et al]]'', don't redeem what this particular civilization has wrought upon the world. The [[white race]] ''is'' the [[cancer]] of human history; it is the white race and it alone—its [[ideologies]] and inventions—which eradicates autonomous civilizations wherever it spreads, which has upset the [[ecological balance]] of the planet, which now [[Holocene extinction|threatens the very existence of life]] itself."--Susan Sontag in 1966 in ''[[Partisan Review]]'', collected in ''[[Styles of Radical Will]]'' in as "[[What's Happening in America]]" |
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| [[Image:Whistler, “Symphony in White, No.1 The White Girl, painted 1862.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[James Whistler]]'s painting ''[[Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl]]'' ([[1862]]) caused [[controversy]] when exhibited in London and, later, at the ''[[Salon des Refusés]]'' in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the [[realism|accurate portrayal of the natural world]].]] | [[Image:Whistler, “Symphony in White, No.1 The White Girl, painted 1862.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[James Whistler]]'s painting ''[[Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl]]'' ([[1862]]) caused [[controversy]] when exhibited in London and, later, at the ''[[Salon des Refusés]]'' in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the [[realism|accurate portrayal of the natural world]].]] | ||
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"Yes, it would be worthwhile to study clinically, in detail, the steps taken by Hitler and Hitlerism and to reveal to the very distinguished, very humanistic, very Christian bourgeois of the twentieth century that without his being aware of it, he has a Hitler inside him, that Hitler inhabits him, that Hitler is his demon, that if he rails against him, he is being inconsistent and that, at bottom, what he cannot forgive Hitler for is not the crime in itself, the crime against man, it is not the humiliation of man as such, it is the crime against the white man, the humiliation of the white man, and the fact that he applied to Europe colonialist procedures which until then had been reserved exclusively for the Arabs of Algeria, the 'coolies' of India and the 'niggers' of Africa." --Discourse on Colonialism (1950) by Aimé Césaire "If America is the culmination of Western white civilization, as everyone from the Left to the Right declares, then there must be something terribly wrong with Western white civilization. This is a painful truth; few of us want to go that far.... The truth is that Mozart, Pascal, Boolean algebra, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, baroque churches, Newton, the emancipation of women, Kant, Marx, Balanchine ballets, et al, don't redeem what this particular civilization has wrought upon the world. The white race is the cancer of human history; it is the white race and it alone—its ideologies and inventions—which eradicates autonomous civilizations wherever it spreads, which has upset the ecological balance of the planet, which now threatens the very existence of life itself."--Susan Sontag in 1966 in Partisan Review, collected in Styles of Radical Will in as "What's Happening in America" |
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White people is a racial classification specifier, used for people of Europid ancestry, with the exact implications dependent on context. The contemporary usage of "white people" or a "white race" as a large group of (mainly European) populations contrasting with "black", American Indian, "colored" or non-white originated in the 17th century.
It is today particularly used as a racial classifier in multiracial societies. Various social constructions of whiteness have been significant to national identity, public policy, religion, population statistics, racial segregation, affirmative action, white privilege, eugenics, racial marginalization and racial quotas.
The term "white race" or "white people" entered the major European languages in the later 17th century, in the context of racialized slavery and unequal status in European colonies. Description of populations as "white" in reference to their skin color predates this notion and is found in Greco-Roman ethnography and other ancient sources. Scholarship on race generally distinguishes the modern concept from pre-modern descriptions of collective difference.
See also
- Angry white male
- Blue-eyed soul
- Stereotypes of whites
- The White Goddess
- Caucasian race
- Tears of the White Man
- White genocide conspiracy theory
- White guilt
- White American
- White man
- White privilege
- White slavery
- White men
- White women
