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Why do white people tend to prefer domestic cars, while ethnics prefer imports?

Also, why do white people like flashy cars like Hummers and 300m? In my observation at least, it appears that the drivers of these cars are nearly always white.
 
mmouse said:
Why do white people tend to prefer domestic cars, while ethnics prefer imports?

Also, why do white people like flashy cars like Hummers and 300m? In my observation at least, it appears that the drivers of these cars are nearly always white.

Nothing to do with race, everything to do with nationalism. Immigrants and their 1st gen kids tend to identify strongly with their country and culture of origin. Hell, I still consider myself a little bit English and my family hasn't lived in England for over 200 years. So, white people are more likely to have a stronger sense of national identity and want to buy a car made at 'home'. Immigrants, not so emotionally tied down quite yet, so they'll make saner vehicle purchases.

As for your second question... more whites than non-whites around these parts, so more rich whites than non-rich whites. They simply have more money to spend on cars. Rich non-whites have flashy cars too.

Also, possibly, most white people in North America come from generations of car culture. For white men, the car usually represents their penis. (Not me, if my car represented my penis I'd be gay or something)
 
Since you are somewhat ambivalent, I would like to know some of your preferences, and try no to vacillate:

Rolling Stones or The Who?

Baked or Mashed Potatos?

Donuts or Muffins?

Molson Canadian or Labatts Blue?

Springsteen or U2?

Blonde or Brunette?

Dancing or Gamenight?

Limbaugh or O'Reilly?
 
torontojohn said:
I don't know the real reason that the group of bad drivers who appear to be Asian stands out against the bad drivers from other racial backgrounds. White people aren't allowed to ask these kinds of questions.

That sounds a little like a angry white man and not an ambivalent one.
 
If you were to speak absolutely truthfully without thought to polical correctness, which aspects of white culture (or WASP Canadian if you prefer) do you believe are good, and which are bad? Assuming you believe there is such an entity.
 
Big Michael said:
Since you are somewhat ambivalent, I would like to know some of your preferences, and try no to vacillate:

Rolling Stones or The Who?

Baked or Mashed Potatos?

Donuts or Muffins?

Molson Canadian or Labatts Blue?

Springsteen or U2?

Blonde or Brunette?

Dancing or Gamenight?

Limbaugh or O'Reilly?


I think Olberman (sp) or O'Reilly might make more sense
 
How do you feel about paying 95% of the taxes collected in this country?
 
If you were to protest on the Gardiner Expressway what flag would you carry other then the blue & white Toronto Maple Leaf flag you use as a curtain in your bedroom?
 
Big Michael said:
Since you are somewhat ambivalent, I would like to know some of your preferences, and try no to vacillate:

Rolling Stones or The Who?
Stones for their songs (but I prefer covers), The Who if you're talking original performances.

Baked or Mashed Potatos?
Mashed.

Donuts or Muffins?
Muffins if I'm fooling myself that I'm eating healthy food, otherwise donuts. Anything with jelly injected into it.

Molson Canadian or Labatts Blue?
Neither. I'm not a beer snob - no microbrew or import, either. I drink vodka.

Springsteen or U2?
Bono makes me retch, so Springsteen by default.

Blonde or Brunette?
Redhead. Your question is borderline offensive.

Dancing or Gamenight?
As long as 'Gamenight' doesn't mean watching televised sports, Gamenight by a mile.

Limbaugh or O'Reilly?

I have insufficient data for a meaningful answer.
 
Top Northerner said:
That sounds a little like a angry white man and not an ambivalent one.

I will answer the implied question. It was more a statement of fact. That kind of thing used to piss me off, but there's too many stupid sheep out there to fight that fight.
 
mmouse said:
If you were to speak absolutely truthfully without thought to polical correctness, which aspects of white culture (or WASP Canadian if you prefer) do you believe are good, and which are bad? Assuming you believe there is such an entity.

There is no such thing as "white culture", unless you want to assign that label to some particular group of racists. There is Western culture, subdivided into national cultures, which may again be subdivided into regional cultures before finally breaking down into racial cultures. Even then, I'd say there is class culture before racial, but class culture sort of overlaps with regional if not national culture.

Any given group of white people are likely to have more culturally in common with their non-white neighbours than whites in another nation, and western nations have more in common than differences.
 
CapitalGuy said:
This week, will I get a better deal on cheap polo shirts at The Gap or Old Navy?

Probably Old Navy, which is odd considering they're the same store with the same owners and merchandise, but a different sign on the front.

On average, polo shirts purchased from Old Navy will cost you HALF what you'd pay at the Gap.
 
james t kirk said:
How do you feel about paying 95% of the taxes collected in this country?

I don't. I personally pay about 0.00000138% of the taxes collected in Canada.

However, as whites make up 83.78% of the population and the established population probably has higher income than the segment of the population comprised of immigrants within the last generation (and I'm pretty sure the majority of non-whites in this country are fairly recent immigrants)... 95% sounds about right.