While there really is little need for exclusionary posts/clubs based on race, this sort of touches on a good point.
I get frustrated and upset by the fact that the celebration of white culture and heritage is considered not PC and is even considered racist by some. Many whites try to find a culture to identify with but society does not allow them to. In my region, there is a large number of people of Scandinavian and Italian descent. These people have their own family traditions, stories, history, names, ambitions, etc., just like non-white groups. It bothers me to hear young people, especially girls from the ages of 13-18, denying their heritage in an effort to belong to something. A few weeks ago, I overheard an argument in a mall between four girls, two of whom were white, one who appeared to be of Hispanic descent, and one who was Asian. The two white girls, both who had blonde hair and blue eyes and were obviously of Scandinavian or Germanic origin, were claiming to be Latin and Asian because of very distant relatives who married into the family and were of those races. There is no cultural identity for most whites these days. It is sad, because we should be proud of our ancestry and race just as much as minority groups are. My family came over from Ireland to escape the potato famine near the turn of the century. They had nothing but what they could carry in a trunk, which still sits in our basement. To not remember and celebrate that part of my history is a disgrace to them.
My university has school-sponsored and funded clubs for every minority group, ethnicity, international students, sexual orientations, and even women, who are a majority group at the school and colleges across America. Some students tried to start both an organization for men and a Scandinavian student cultural center. Both were denied by the university and were considered insensitive.
Also, whites are URMs, if you define this as a percentage of white medical students and applicants being significantly lower than the U.S. population that is white. Asians are so heavily OR that it makes all other races statistically URM.
