#17 Hating their parents
January 22, 2008 by clander
This topic ties into a number of other posts, but there is no denying that white people hate their parents. What is amazing, is that as a white parent, there is nothing you can do to prevent this.
If you are a strict parent who makes your kid have a curfew, do homework, and not smoke weed – then you are almost guaranteed to have them scream at you, write poems about how much they hate you, relate to songs by bands from Orange County and Florida.
Eventually, they forgive you and thank you for the tough upbringing, but still resent you because their high school experience wasn’t a carbon copy of the OC or My So Called Life.
On the other hand, if you are a super laid back parent who lets your kid go to parties, drink in the house, and you smoke weed together, you are only delaying the hatred. Because these kids eventually end up doing something stupid with their life – dropping out of university, trying to become a painter, or spending time in a Thai prison. At which point, they hate YOU for being too lax and not caring enough.
But take note that this hatred can be used for gain. White people love to talk about how much they hate their parents, so if you are in a situation where you need to gain a white person’s trust, ask them about their parents. But under no circumstances should you try to one up them, regardless of whether or not you were an orphan, abused, or watched your parents get shot. If you bring this up, the white person will never talk to you about their problems again, and you will be unable to gain their trust.
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LOL, I merely thought I hated my mom(and there still is some strain between us, but it’s to the point that I’m indifferent rather than angry). Then I had a boyfriend who, at 25(and I was 24), was still being ordered around by his control-freak mother like a little boy. He wouldn’t stand up for himself or for me. I dumped him because of that – not because his mom wanted to contact schools/employers on his behalf and run his life but because he let her do it.
I will never talk to you again and I dont trust you!
sad but ture thats may not hold true for all whites but it does for me.
Yeah, our Asian parents show us love too by beating us with anything within reaching distance of their arms, stone-walling because it’s weak to show emotions, and sometimes getting shot execution-style during all the wars in Asia when we were much younger, making some of us refugees in the USA. That’s why we’re so perfect: getting straight As, playing the piano, being doctors, etc etc
Wow. Antique White, you hit the nail on the head. I also feel the same way. I only felt the love when I received “good” grades or played well in a sport. Unfortunately, I’m not athletic. I’m artistic (oooh surprise I’m reading this blog…meeeeeeeh…). Unfortunately, the arts were not appreciated in my family and I was ALWAYS encouraged to enter a field that made money (law…science…etc.). Thankfully, I stood my ground and am happily earning a decent living as an artist. Living my dream. I’m not financially wealthy by any means. But happy? Absolutely. But I digress…
I envied those kids that I knew on the lower rung of the socioeconomic ladder. Their families on the whole seemed much much happier.
In order to understand why some white people say they “hate” their parents, you need to understand that many middle-class and upper-middle-class white parents don’t show love for their children unless they succeed in school, sports, or socially. Although too many of us were spoiled in a material sense, a LOT of us were emotionally neglected. To me, it seems that more Afro-American and Latino parents love their children unconditionally, and aren’t afraid to let their children know it.
Although I don’t “hate” my parents, I certainly wish that they’d had the wisdom to question a lot of negative white values!
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