stuff white people like

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

Here is a blog that tells you everything about me. Really, it's pretty sad...

here are some major tip-offs

#71- being the only white person around (i mean, i do want to go to africa)

#64- recycling

Recycling is a part of a larger theme of stuff white people like: saving the earth without having to do that much.

Recycling is fantastic! You can still buy all the stuff you like (bottled water, beer, wine, organic iced tea, and cans of all varieties) and then when you’re done you just put it in a DIFFERENT bin than where you would throw your other garbage. And boom! Environment saved! Everyone feels great, it’s so easy!

#62 knowing what's best for poor people

They feel guilty and sad that poor people shop at Wal*Mart instead of Whole Foods, that they vote Republican instead of Democratic, that they go to Community College/get a job instead of studying art at a University.

#61 bicycles

But there is a special category of bicycles that appeal far more to white women, the European city bike (pictured). White women have a lot of fantasies about idealized lives, and one of them is living in Europe and riding around an old city on one of these bikes. They dream about waking up and riding to a little cafe, then visiting bakeries and cheese shops and finally riding home to prepare a fancy meal for their friends who will all eat under a canopy with white Christmas lights. This information can be used to help gain the trust/admiration of a white woman, especially if you can pull off a lie about how your mother told you about how she used to do all of these things when she was younger.

#47 arts degrees

#41 indie music

If you want to understand white people, you need to understand indie music. As mentioned before, white people hate anything that’s “mainstream” and are desperate to find things that are more genuine, unique, and reflective of their experiences.

#38 arrested development

Even though most white people prefer to say that they don’t watch television, one thing they agree on is that Arrested Development was the best show on TV. They love it so much!

# 32 vegan/vegetarianism

#28 not having a tv

#18 awareness

"An interesting fact about white people is that they firmly believe that all of the world’s problems can be solved through “awareness.” Meaning the process of making other people aware of problems, and then magically someone else like the government will fix it."

#10 wes anderson films

#1 coffee


A very humorous, truth-telling blog indeed. It describes me to the tee.

And that disturbs me. This blog is very revealing of my sin.

This blog isn't just describing white people. I am an archetype of a culture that is so self-absorbed and guilt-ridden. Yep, that's me.

Everything in here points back to Self and making one feel better.

How do I as a Christian respond to this?

I am a Christian, yes. But I put my identity in all these other things. Sure, I want to serve the poor, but really, part of my motivation sometimes is to alleviate my own guilt. I'm not noble in any capacity. I think about myself all the time.

But God is full of grace and compassion which I will never acquire. He lowered himself, coming to earth as man, and died a shameful death and was resurrected, to save humankind from themselves. And here I am because of that, saved by his grace, loved by his mercy, but still I succomb to being hip, trying to make myself happy, and attempting to alleviate my guilt on my own.

I've thought about this a lot recently. I know, no matter what, I am a daughter of God, and nothing can separate myself from him, but I don't I take my cross to follow Jesus. Yes, I talk about loving God and loving people, but I'm all talk and no action. Following Jesus means to die to yourself, the cravings of your sinful nature, and to live life by the spirit. I don't do any of those things. I know I am saved by grace without merit, but sometimes I feel ashamed to call myself a Christian when I'm a really a self-absorbed hypocrite.

I just re-read Matthew 19, and it's giving me some comfort as this was just as relevant of an issue back when Jesus walked the earth. This passage pretty much gives the answer, which is a pretty complex one:

Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"

"Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."

"Which ones?" the man inquired.

Jesus replied, " 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'"

"All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?"

Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?"

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Peter answered him, "We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?"

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.