My Whiteness

And I am not talking about my paleness.

So on my Facebook news feed, I saw that a friend posted some link called "Stuff White People Like." Being the curious person I am, I clicked on the link and investigated further. I came across the following list and for your enjoyment, I have added details from the site itself and details of how I am related to the subject.


Full List of Stuff White People Like

* #120 Taking a Year Off - Technically what I had been doing half of last year.

* #119 Sea Salt - yeah

* #118 Ugly Sweater Parties

* #117 Political Prisoners

* #116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore

* #115 Promising to Learn a New Language - I think I have about 2 to do now

* #114 America - actually not so much

* #113 Halloween - HELL YES!!!!

* #112 Hummus - yummy yummy

When it comes to food, all white people are either allergic to/or have stopped eating everything you consider delicious.

* #111 Pea Coats

* #110 Frisbee Sports

* #109 The Onion

* #108 Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music - but I do!

* #107 Self Aware Hip Hop References

* #106 Facebook - umm

* #105 Unpaid Internships

* #104 Girls with Bangs - See pictures of self

But for white people, this simple haircut makes a bold declaration by saying that the wearer is artistic, deep, and has probably dated a guy in a band you like.

* #103 Sweaters - they are warm and comfy

* #102 Childrens Games as Adults - Pretty Pretty Princess is forever amazing

* #101 Being Offended

* #100 Bumper Stickers

* #99 Grammar - Most of the time

* #98 The Ivy League

* #97 Scarves

* #96 New Balance Shoes

* #95 Rugby

* #94 Free Healthcare

* #93 Music Piracy - It's the only way I get to feel like a pirate.

So when file sharing gave white people a chance to acquire all the music they ever wanted, it felt as though it was an earned right and not a privilege.

* #92 Book Deals

* #91 San Francisco - I want to spend few months there

* #90 Dinner Parties - Not all of them though

* #89 St. Patrick’s Day - Who doesn't like green beer?

* #88 Having Gay Friends - yeah

* #87 Outdoor Performance Clothes

* #86 Shorts

* #85 The Wire

* #84 T-Shirts

* #83 Bad Memories of High School - Actually don't have any

* #82 Hating Corporations - yeah...

* #81 Graduate School - Done with them!

* #80 The Idea of Soccer

* #79 Modern Furniture

* #78 Multilingual Children

* #77 Musical Comedy- Should be interesting

* #76 Bottles of Water

* #75 Threatening to Move to Canada - Once in a while

* #74 Oscar Parties

* #73 Gentrification

* #72 Study Abroad - Hogwart's not really abroad but far away from home.

* #71 Being the only white person around - ha ha yeah (all my Filipino friends roll their eyes)

* #70 Difficult Breakups - Actually I don't like any kind of breakups. It means you have to hurt someone. Relationships that are disposable shouldn't be made in the first place.

* #69 Mos Def - He's cool

* #68 Michel Gondry

* #67 Standing Still at Concerts- Never ever!

* #66 Divorce- Can't think of it

* #65 Co-Ed Sports

* #64 Recycling

* #63 Expensive Sandwiches

* #62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People

* #61 Bicycles

* #60 Toyota Prius

* #59 Natural Medicine - They are less scary

Using their powers of deduction, white people have determined that herbal remedies are unilaterally better than anything produced by a drug company.

* #58 Japan

* #57 Juno

* #56 Lawyers

* #55 Apologies

* #54 Kitchen Gadgets

* #53 Dogs - Everyone loves dogs but I keep a little distance from them. Cat's are less scary, thank you.

* #52 Sarah Silverman

* #51 Living by the Water- I'd love to live by the Water

* #50 Irony- Do they really? I doubt that.

* #49 Vintage

* #48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops

* #47 Arts Degrees

* #46 The Sunday New York Times

* #45 Asian Fusion Food

* #44 Public Radio

* #43 Plays

* #42 Sushi - mmmm sushi.. yikes!

To them, it’s everything they want: foreign culture, expensive, healthy, and hated by the ‘uneducated.’

* #41 Indie Music

* #40 Apple Products- Yes they are cool.

* #39 Netflix - love netflix

* #38 Arrested Development

* #37 Renovations

* #36 Breakfast Places

* #35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report

* #34 Architecture- Love architecture

* #33 Marijuana- Lol not quite true..

* #32 Vegan/Vegetarianism- I do love vegetables and quite prefer Vegetarianism.

* #31 Snowboarding- Hell yes!

* #30 Wrigley Field

* #29 80s Night- I'd prefer 70's

* #28 Not having a TV

* #27 Marathons

* #26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)

* #25 David Sedaris

* #24 Wine- Will anyone believe that I don't like wine? Well, yes I don't drink even if I'm an adult person. *hides*

* #23 Microbreweries

* #22 Having Two Last Names- Why would I have two last names?

* #21 Writers Workshops

* #20 Being an expert on YOUR culture - I don't quite dare to say that but I'd like to think that I've sufficient knowledge on not only my culture but other cultures as well. You see.. I spent a year in Kalahari and then Honolulu and with a bunch of cannibals in Philippines few years ago.. (After my years of research, I came to know that these cannibals were Voldemort's supporters. Thanks to sweet Merlin that people of Kalahari and Honolulu still has no idea about the word "Voldemort"!)

White people are pretty conflicted about their culture. One way they can make up for it is becoming marginally acquainted with foreign cultures. It is generally acceptable for a white person to learn a few terms in a language spoken primary by non-whites (such as Chinese, Tagalog or Portuguese).

* #19 Traveling - kind of goes with above

* #18 Awareness

* #17 Hating their Parents - I love my parents

* #16 Gifted Children

* #15 Yoga- I have heard of it.

* #14 Having Black Friends- Kingsley Shackelbolt is a great friend.

* #13 Tea- Love tea

* #12 Non-Profit Organizations

* #11 Asian Girls- That surely doesn't go for me.. perhaps goes with Sirius or somebody like him. *smirks*

* #10 Wes Anderson Movies - Own Royal Tennenbaums, Life Aquatic and Darjeeling Limited

* #9 Making you feel bad about not going outside- Quite funny but NO

* #8 Barack Obama

* #7 Diversity - I think I've mentioned this before

* #6 Organic Food- Absolutely love them

* #5 Farmer’s Markets- Yes..

* #4 Assists

* #3 Film Festivals

* #2 Religions their parents don’t belong to- Hey, liking other religions is not a bad thing!

* #1 Coffee - Oh god is this number 1? I'm screwed!

There is no doubt that white people love coffee. Yes, it’s true that asians like iced coffee and people of all races enjoy it. But I promise you that the first person at your school to drink coffee was a white person.

They should add one more though:

Posting blogs about how white you are.

for further information about white people, take a look at the site itself.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/full-list-of-stuff-white-people-like/