Why? Because I'm slightly perplexed. See, I've been thinking I'm white for about 25 years now. I wasn't totally sure, so I recently went through the list to see just how white I am. My lack of rhythm was an indication that I'm pretty white, but I wanted to know just how white I really am – or am not.
The list has 93 items on it right now, and I related to a lot of them. 32 of them, to be precise. I have a love-hate relationship with two of the items on the list, and 12 of them didn't appeal to me at all. So I'm either 34.4% white, or 12.9% not white.
It's great. If you've been living under a rock and haven't heard of it, here's what you're missing: a (growing) list of 90+ things that white people like, and posts detailing why white people like these things.
My white characteristics include liking the following:
- music piracy
- San Francisco
- dinner parties (favourite kind of party, period)
- modern furniture (function before fashion, but fashion, too, please)
- multilingual children (my kids will be moreso than I)
- threatening to move [back] to Canada (performed on a regular basis)
- recycling (militant)
- Toyota Prius (love 'em)
- Juno (fav. movie of the year so far)
- Kitchen gadgets (this makes me white AND 38 years old)
- dogs (down with cats)
- living by the water (it's the way it should me)
- Whole Foods and grocery co-ops (yes, I have cloth shopping bags, too)
- the Sunday New York Times (not that I've had the time to read it lately)
- sushi (love the raw fishies!)
- Apple products (one you go mac you don't go back)
- Arrested Development (seriously funny show)
- renovation (mum, I get this from you)
- breakfast places (bring on the hashbrowns)
- architecture (for sure)
- vegan/vegetarianism (me being bunny hugger #1 and all)
- Manhattan and Brooklyn (damn straight)
- David Sedaris (smart, funny dude)
- wine (Chilean cab or shiraz, or Argentinean malbec please)
- having two last names (perhaps I will one day)
- traveling (not that I've done enough of it as of late)
- tea (make mine rooibus chai)
- Barack Obama (barry's the man)
- diversity (the spice of life)
- organic food (it's good for you and tastes better... what's not to like?)
- farmer's markets (went to mine this morning...)
- film festivals (as long as they don't involve 3-hour films about nothing)
- St. Partick's Day (stupid fake holiday)
- outdoor performance clothes (no thanks, nerd)
- difficult breakups (what's to like?!)
- divorce (" ")
- expensive sandwiches (I almost threw up when I saw a $12 egg sandwich at the Boston airport. are we really that gullible?)
- 80s night (not quite my scene)
- Mos Def (not a fan)
- Asian girls (I've met a lot of them, but have only LIKED a few of them... it's not a get-in-the-good-books free card. sorry. same goes for white/black/red/purple chicks, btw.)
- West Anderson movies (pass)
- religions their parents don't belong to (don't be a poopy pants)
- coffee (yuck)
If you're thinking, 'hey! That doesn't add up to 93!' it's because you're right: I didn't feel strongly for or against the rest of the things white people like, so I didn't bother mentioning them.
... despite the uncertainties, I'm pretty sure my Ukrainian-English-Italian Canadian pedigree ensures I am, indeed, white. Damn it anyway.
Yet after reviewing the list, I got to thinking: What other things do white people like? My initial thoughts are below, with an asterisk following the ones I, too, tend to like.
- Nintendo Wii*
- Medical attention
- Coach handbags/purses with initials on them
- Self-improvement
- Replacing children with pets
- Pedicures
- Theatre*
- Nascar
- Childcare
- Book collections*
- Botox and boob jobs
- Complaining and talking about how busy/stressed-out they are
- Mullets
- Hockey*
- Dark coloured luxury cars, minivans
- Wearing socks in sandals
- Business travel (most often to attend [useless] conferences)
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