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the-best-bagel · 11 months ago

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i think most of the white ppl feeling like they have no culture stuff stems from a lack of connection to their communites. if you go nowhere and talk to no one then yea youre not really participating in the culture of your area. eat produce grown by ppl in your area go to county fairs check out the annual things in your area, thats your culture. like to give an overly simple answer if you live in america then americana is pretty likely to be part of your culture

#put some blue jeans an cowboy boots on if you need a cultural garment #or logger boots/ work boots if those are more historically or familially relevant to you #honestly if you just talk to your living relatives enough you can learn about possible fibercraft your great-whatevers did #i learned recently that a lot of my family lived in tenessee for a few centuries #but my dad is a carpenter and i live in the pnw #my town had some historic logging activity #and is known for its raspberry production #currently we have a lot of local dairy and beef #the grocery store sells cheese and milk from the next town over #this is part of my culture #i do think Americans' affinity for moving across the country from where they were born makes the cultural alienation worse too #but you just gotta learn the cultual details of wherever you end up putting down roots #at the same time #i don't think its very harmful to learn more about older traditions your european relatives had as long as youre not being fascy about it #ppl say its diff with black people learning about african cultures because of the violent supression of slaves' cultures #but like you still get fascy hoteps and shit #and historically there was (much less violent) suppression of non brit protestant european cultures in the US #so like #none of us got to choose how much culture got passed onto us from our relatives #obviously dont start spouting ethno-nationalist bullshit and speaking with an accent based on your ancestry results #but i think its ok for people to adopt practical cultural elements into their daily lives #like cooking cultural foods or learning about the history of that culture #its not like americana hasnt ever been used for fascist ends

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