(07-17-2020, 08:27 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(07-17-2020, 08:13 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Am I wrong for believing this poster implies these aspects are characteristic of only white people?

I would say yes, you are absolutely wrong to think that.  There is no one who would say that aspects of culture cannot be adopted by anyone regardless of race or national origin.  Just because we say "Germans are hard working people" doesn't mean no one else is hard working, for example.  Or if we say, "Part of American culture is Christianity" does that mean that there are no other Christians in the world than Americans?  

The poster just says these are characteristics of white culture.  Now, you can argue with that.  But what the poster does not say is, there are no other cultures that have these characteristics.

If I accept your standard, that defining white culture means no other cultures have these characteristics, then we can't define anything, because according to that standard, the thing being defined would monopolize every aspect of that definition.  We can't say, "this table is flat" because that would imply that the only flat things are tables.