I always read the articles that Odyssey shares on Facebook, but this one caught my eye. I thought the title was interesting so I read it to find out why this person did not party with white people.
In your introduction, you clearly state that your article is not racist because you too are white. What I would like to include is that any race can be racist against their own race so stating that you are white does not rule out the fact that you could be racist in your argument. You also say that you are Turkish, which makes you white, just not American. You critiqued the American hospitality which is not really "white" people in general. What I am trying to get across is your title and your theme does not connect. I did not choose to respond to this to analyze your skin color by any means.
Let us talk about your first argument. "They Party to Get Trashed." Which you even said, "I'm not sure if this is just a college thing," which it definitely is. In college, a lot of the students are known to go to parties and get really drunk. I assure you it is not only the white people. This statement is way too general to pinpoint on just white people. Anyone of any color or any other physical characteristic could go to a party and get drunk.
Your second argument is that white people do not have your back at a party. I start college in the fall so I have not been to an actual college party. I am pretty sure though in any social setting you stick with the people you know and worry about the people you came with. In the end of this argument, you say that there have been stories of girls helping other girls, which means that some, not all, will have your back.
The third argument is they do not talk to you unless they know you, which is essentially your second argument re-worded. If I go anywhere with my friends I do not walk up to strangers and try to talk to them. Itis not exactly the "norm" to just confront strangers in any social setting. It is nice to meet people and a lot of people probably do that. The point is, not all people will do that. Not all people will have your back or get trashed at a party either.
I guess what you can gather from this is that any person in college regardless of race, sexual orientation, age, etc. can potentially go to a party and have any of the traits you listed in your article. Anyone is capable of going to a party to get trashed, anyone at a party could not care about the other people there and anyone at a party can ignore you if they do not know you. It has nothing to do with the color of your skin or even the culture; it is usually the overall college student's attitude, to be honest.
Again, I did not write this to attack you, I wrote this to bring light to the fact white people are not all the same in a party setting and typically you will find most people at a college party will do those three things. It is college.
