What does "we are a proud people" mean?

[Apple Of Sodom]

I hear this a lot - "We are a proud people." I especially hear it from minorities. I hear natives say it quite often. What the hell does that even mean? I have never heard of a group of people who aren't proud. I've never heard someone say "Yeah, my heritage is X, but we really are quite ashamed and wish we were Y."

What the fuck does it mean, and why do people say it?

 

[SheHateMe]

Maybe because they're proud people and you're just being a crumplebottom about it.

 

[Sulaco]

lol @ the stuff ATOT worries about.

Maybe it means they have pride in their culture? Their history, their language, accomplishments, leaders, advancements, etc?

 

[Maximilian]

Means their people havent come up with a better phrase to describe themselves so they're just going with the stock one.

Those people suck

 

[Vdubchaos]

Herd/group mentality

People like to put themselves into a group to make themselves feel better.

Color.......race.......country of origin......

At the end of the day we are all people that live on planet earth. Colors,races and borders are all made up human things.

 

[Colt45]

I've always thought it meant they don't want a handout, they'll deal.

guess it depends on context.

 

[feralkid]

It means a knuckle sandwich for you if you ever touch their shit.

 

[IronWing]

They own matching t-shirts.

 

[Genx87]

We are a conquered people.

 

[Soundmanred]

It's called "reverse psychology".

 

[surfsatwerk]

I come from a people of many boners.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

good call, OP. it's a bunch of crap.

 

[glenn1]

I hear this a lot - "We are a proud people." I especially hear it from minorities. I hear natives say it quite often. What the hell does that even mean? I have never heard of a group of people who aren't proud. I've never heard someone say "Yeah, my heritage is X, but we really are quite ashamed and wish we were Y."

What the fuck does it mean, and why do people say it?

It means "we have no actual accomplishments to point to," so being a proud people has to suffice.

 

[Apple Of Sodom]

I've always thought it meant they don't want a handout, they'll deal.

guess it depends on context.

I normally hear it from Native Americans who get the biggest handouts of any other group out there.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

It means "we have no actual accomplishments to point to," so being a proud people has to suffice.

pretty much.
i can think of a few people that really have nothing to be proud of.

 

[Apple Of Sodom]

lol @ the stuff ATOT worries about.

Maybe it means they have pride in their culture? Their history, their language, accomplishments, leaders, advancements, etc?

Not terribly worried about it - just wondering what it actually means. lol @ the conclusions ATOT jumps to.

That is my point. Who doesn't have pride in their culture, history, language, etc? Groups of people are generally proud of those things. Point me to a group of people who are not a "proud people." When I hear it all it does is serve as a reminder that those people do not think they are the same as I am.

 

[JManInPhoenix]

I am a proud fat white man.

 

[Dirigible]

I recommend using "my people" in every day conversation. I find it entertaining.

"My people don't like spicy food."

"My people don't like romantic movies. We prefer something with explosions."

"Failing to provide regular bjs is an insult to my people."


That way if they don't do what you want, they're a fucking racist. Playing the race card is fun for everyone.

 

[momeNt]

 

[SlitheryDee]

There's a lot of subtext in that statement. It feels a bit defensive, as though there might be some negative aspects of that culture that might not be so worthy of pride, and the speaker is aware of that.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

What the fuck does it mean, and why do people say it?

We're failures and we don't want other people talking about it.

 

[darkswordsman17]

By hear this a lot I assume you're probably referencing ads and/or entertainment? I've literally never heard anyone say that ever without it being some ad for a company looking to specifically exploit said people or in a non comedic/joking fashion.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I hear this a lot - "We are a proud people." I especially hear it from minorities. I hear natives say it quite often. What the hell does that even mean? I have never heard of a group of people who aren't proud. I've never heard someone say "Yeah, my heritage is X, but we really are quite ashamed and wish we were Y."

What the fuck does it mean, and why do people say it?

It means "We're not a white male, so therefore we are going to make this retarded statement to think we are special. In reality, we're sad pieces of shit that can't live life daily without telling ourselves that we're super dooper special."

 

[BurnItDwn]

"we are a proud people" is how the KKK members feel about their race.
The Nazis also feel that way.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

"we are a proud people" is how the KKK members feel about their race.
The Nazis also feel that way.

The Black Panthers feel that way.
The 2nd poster in this thread feels that way.
Every Latin I see where their nation's flag spewed all over their truck/car feels that way.

What's your point?