by iambiguous » Mon May 08, 2017 7:23 pm
It's really not all that difficult to understand.
Historically, those born of a particular race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity etc., have often presumed that their own race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity etc., reflected the superior....genes? So they set about making sure that those who are not "one of us" were thought of as, say, genetically defective. Or at the very least of lesser worth.
In some particular historical contexts however these "inferior" folks created political movements to change all of that. And one method often used is to insist that one ought to take pride in a trait that the ruling class/caste had long since deemed a mark of inferiority.
So certain blacks, women, homosexuals, ethnic communities etc., insisted that being what they are was not something to be ashamed of at all. That they could be just as prideful as well.
So, for example, "black pride" revolved more around not feeling inferior to white folks, then in feeling superior to them. It's all about historical context. And perspective.
And it's mostly been about power. About those white men who were able [historically] to translate their economic power into a political superstructure that sustained this power. And, in part, by pitting all of the "inferior" folks against each other so as to prevent them from coming together politically to change things.
And it still works like a charm. Indeed, just ask all those Don Trump supporters among the proletariat.