I read a short story in class yesterday where a black woman analyzed her heritage - American and African. People of other ethnicities are often ecouraged to remember their heritage, to continue traditions and culture. Maybe cause I am white and my culture is everywhere it is not necessary to encourage this in myself, but what is my heritage? American culture, heritage, tradition seems to be very empty and not worth the effort.
Nevertheless, as I was talking to Amy this evening we noticed that we regularly embrace our whiteness/heritage by engaging in the long minnesota goodbye everytime we chat on the phone.