Rebuilding Rob

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What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?

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Yes, I understand that I co-opting the title of a song that has become an unofficial anthem for the LGBTQ community

To be honest, I’ve never really our a lot of stock in “cultural/ethnic heritage pride”. Maybe it’s because I’m a white, Irish-America male. I’m sure that a great deal of that reluctance has to do with “white pride” being equated with white supremacy. But I think it’s more the fact that I don’t see the point i being proud of something that I had NOTHING to do with.

I didn’t do anything to be male. I was born this way. I didn’t do anything to achieve “whiteness”. I was born this way. I didn’t do anything to become Irish-American. I was born this way. Since I personally did nothing to attain my ethnicity, why should I be “proud” of it?

don’t get me wrong, I’ll still crack jokes about Irish people, as I did when I wrote in this topic last year. It’s embedded below. Check it out…

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The article “Born this way” first appeared in Rebuilding Rob.