FB post question

[PrincessFiona]

I'm toying with the idea of creating a FB post where I ask people to take a selfie of themselves holding a sign espousing some value of white culture (good or bad). I've seen posts where one post gets shared with thousands of people and it's possible to see all responses in that one thread.

1. How would I do that?
2. Is it so lame that no one would respond? It would be for an assignment.

Kris

[PrincessFiona]

European American values. Like valuing the individual, placing time and tasks over relationships. I'm stereotyping.

[PrincessFiona]

Btw. Until I started researching European Americans (blah) culture I didn't get it either.

[SoonerTexan]

I think it has the potential to get nasty quick. Actually the more responses you get, the nastier it will probably be

[PrincessFiona]

That's not necessarily bad.

[Sheherezade]

My thinking too. I think asking people to say what is a value of "white culture" might go over like a lead balloon on the internets. I wouldn't do it, but I guess it might go viral in a bad way if that's your goal.

[Vanquisher]

I'm not touching that with a million foot pole!


Heidi

[PrincessFiona]

I mean European American cultural values.

I have to come up with interviews on the topic. I thought this might be one way. It's not meant to be a white supremist post or denigrate whites.

Cultural values espoused by the European American population for real

[PrincessFiona]

We do have cultural values. Is it not okay to talk about the culture? I'm going to count this as my interview, so speak up and tell me why not or why I'm wrong to bring this up (it's an assignment) or any thoughts you have good or bad on European American culture.

[PrincessFiona]

This is for my multicultural class. I hoped to get a 'real' group to study and instead drew this. Ugh. What to do. Seriously, who wants to talk about European Americans?!

[Sheherezade]

I guess for me, European American culture doesn't exist. My family has been here since the late 1600s and is mingled with so many populations including Native American populations, I'd only be comfortable answering on "American values". I don't feel like I have a culture connected to any experience as a European American. Maybe a recent immigrant family from Europe might. Italian American values might apply to my husband since his family is here two generations ago and have remained strictly Italian American until I messed up the bloodline!




Angie

[Sheherezade]

From what you describe, I think I'd concentrate on a particular European American group. German Americans are not the same as Italian American are not the same as Scandinavian Americans. It seems weird to lump them all together.


Angie

[MsSassyBaskets]

IMO, asking that question is only going to lead to confusion - like you're seeing here. It's not that it's wrong to ask, but you might need to be more clear about what you're looking for and why... otherwise I do think it's going to go in a million different, and possibly negative directions.

[MrsC]

Do you mean Americans of European descent or Europeans who have immigrated to America. Those two are quite different cultures. Maybe you can stop it from becoming a race thing by omitting 'white'. Most European Americans are white.

[Vishenka69]

European American would be very different from American of European decent.

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