Thus, the idea of having racial pride or communities comes from the vacuum created therein. The issue again is a shared experience - a rich black man from Portland experiences some of the same struggles as a poor black man from Florida...

Whereas as a white person in America, you may identify more strongly with people of other races from your community over white people of other backgrounds. A poor white man from the South does not look at a rich white man from the West Coast and think, "we have shared strife"

As you get older you realise that racial identity exists to supplant identity from homeland. Outside of the west, a South Korean won't look at a Japanese person as part of their kin. It is shared strife that creates racial identity - and the white man does not have shared strife.

In high school, one day we learned that Caesar's son was called Caesarion, meaning "little Caesar." I immediately started looking around at my friends, mouth agape. I was met with cold, emotionless faces - conveying a vibe of "That's not funny & you're stupid if you think it is."

A similar story: One day in the 10th grade we were learning about Martin Luther. I say "Hey, that's ironic, cause tomorrow's a 3-day weekend because of MARTIN LUTHER King Jr day." Absolute silence in the room. You could hear a pin drop. Eventually, someone says...