[Mike B.]

In response to your question, one can’t really teach someone to be white. You just have to be immsersed into the culture and figure it out for yourself. However, you can give them some advice to help them. A big part in white people’s culture is what group you fit into. As much as we hate to admit it, we do have cliques. Early on in school (or the work place depending on hold old the person immersed is) you find who you are and get a group of friends. The group’s friends may change but on the whole that person will still fit into a particular category. Finding where you fit in is essential for ‘white survival’ because after a while people start to close off their groups and don’t let to many foreigners in (I use that term loosely). Another big thing is who you are in the entire group of people. You really need to make a name for yourself, whether it be good or bad. Popularity goes both ways. As for traditions, they won’t really be different in the aspect that they are different for each individual family. Holidays, such as Christmas, are still celebrated by most even if the family isn’t very reiligous and the celebrations usually include a smaller group of more immediate family members. The best thing to do if someone from another background was immersed into white culture is to be yourself and hope for the best.

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Name : Mike B., Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, City : St. Charles, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Social class : Upper middle class, 

[Mike B.]

You can’t really teach a person to be white. It is something that they just have to learn on their own, but you can help them. One thing that is really important (if the person is someone who goes to school) is that at school, a white person knows their place in the crowd. As much as we hate to admit it, we do have cliques. Advice that you could give someone is that they really need to find their place, because it is really hard to fit in once groups of friends have been decided. Another thing that is a big culture thing is the celebration of the major holidays even if you aren’t very religous. I am a strict Catholic but I have very many non-religous friends who still celebrate Christmas and Easter even if they don’t believe in it for the most part. And remember, making a name for yourself is also very important (whether you be famous or infamous). It really defines your character and where you stand in life. Traditions aren’t going to be very different from other races, as they differ from family to family. Over all white people tend to be very judgemental, but once you get let into their complex society of rules and obligations it becomes a very natural state of being.

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Name : Mike B., Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, City : St. Charles, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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