# Does "White Culture" Exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 8, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-white-culture-exist/1026483 "2026-01-08T17:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-white-culture-exist/1026483/2 "2026-01-08T17:22:35Z")
> [@What were you THINKING?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6209): > > if there _isn’t_ such a thing as “white culture” (there isn’t), then there’s no reason to be proud of it Does it make any difference if you call it European culture (as many do)? I wish we English speakers could find another way to express solidarity with our background culture without saying we are “proud” of it. Being from a culture is no particular achievement, after all. What we seem to mean really is that, especially where our background culture is oppressed or criticized or ignored, we want to emphasize its value among the cultures of the world. Calling it pride is a convenient shorthand, but its inaccuracy leads to communication difficulties in more nuanced contexts. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-white-culture-exist/1026483)._