white people: Do you secretly wish you were black?

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I imagine that people who would answer yes wouldn't be open about it so even though I've never known another white person that would answer yes I believe that there are people who would. I want to see how many there are.

It's never even occurred to me.

There are some days that I have fantasies about it. I'd have a 60s look of a different kind.

I like myself as I am now, ain't got nothing against black people BTW.

Yes, there are times when I wish I could be of a different race. I feel ashamed to be white because of all the horrible things my ancestors probably did. Doesn't help that I am of German descent (on both sides of my family), so it's very likely that I could have had some ancestors who were Nazis.

I've never wanted to be a different race. I've lamented that I didn't inherit porcelen skin from my dad, because I like the ethereal look, but that's it. I'm ok being white.

What a strange question. You haven't even given us the option to answer: "No. Definitely not."

Why are you asking white people (specifically) if they want to be black (specifically)?

Why not just ask a general question and say to people in general: "are you happy with your skin colour? Yes or no?"

I am perfectly happy with my skin colour. (I'm white, by the way).

Not wanting to be black does not make me a racist. It just means I'm used to my body being the way it is. I would not want to look like anybody else, even if said person were much more beautiful than I am. I just want to carry on being myself.

Are you perhaps referring not to skin colour, but to culture? i.e perhaps there are white people who envy the way black people can dance / the food they eat / the way they talk. If so, my answer is still no. I like being who I am.

Why... ?

A lot of first- and second-generation people from West Africa visit my workplace and some of what I see/hear about their cultures is very appealing, but there's a lot more to it than just "black."

No, but I'd love to have a darker skin color - you know, such a shade like Arabs have. In Europe not many people have it, we are pale so we look so non outstanding.

Uh...no. I like being white. And I don't experience any guilt for being white, either.

OP... "black" is not a culture, nor does it entail a certain culture. West Africa is not ghetto kids is not everyday American or anything else, and from what I hear even "West Africa" can be a little vague.

What kind of question is this ? This is Nazism as if being black is the supreme race of human beings.

I feel embarrassed about what my race has done to people of colour over the course of history.