I have some German Heritage, was born in Nurnburg, etc. When I was younger, tended me against many old interpretations of WWII, etc....pro German (ala @
Desert Fox...etc. ). As I've got older...(and served in the US military....which doesn't give you the jingo view you think it would); I tend to take the view that what helps me best, is good. Do you take the zero-sum view?
Or the rising tide view?
You mean the absorption of the white race by the so called 'colored' races? This was the first year when minority babies were more than white babies in United States.
Just as how Britain played the role of Greece as torch bearer of their culture to Rome In this case the new Rome is United States (in many ways I imagine), and their subsequent literature was saved from obscurity by Islam (before they became more intolerant).
I believe western ideals must travel beyond 'white skin.'
The spirit of scientific inquiry, Human rights, the notion of egalitarianism and the creative spark nurtured by free speech and expression are values that should disseminated and understood more.
I think the problem is, for that to work you need institutions, rather than persons to be powerful.
I think the 'colored' folk would be butchering themselves.
But the Western ideals, education should travel beyond western minds. You see the hybridization in the elite of many countries. It hasn'r percolated that well to the grassroots I am afraid.
Sorry for meandering and not answering your question.
I half believe in rising tide. But I also believe in Multi multiculturalism being a reactionary force. It has allowed groups like Muslims to take advantage of Western freedoms and calls for integration as acts of racism.
I am not calling for a monolithic world, but a defense of the western ideals and thoughts and propagation of it through dialogue, media would be good.
I don't necessarily believe in white supremacy neither (because I am brown
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