text: Never understood why someone feels the need to proud of their race at all. You did nothing to earn it, you can't change it, it doesn't (shouldn't) matter to anyone and if it does that's their problem not yours. If a person wants to look back through history and take pride in their ancestors accomplishments well, OK, but that's not a personal achievement. You could as well claim to be proud of your gender, or your height, and that would all seem pretty meaningless. If we define ourselves by our colour, then others will too. Not a good thing in general, if history is any lesson.