Muh Pride

You know what? I don't understand all this ethnic pride business. Like me, I'm Mexican, but I'm not really proud of it. I was born this way. I didn't have any control over it. I didn't accomplish being a Mexican. My parents were both Mexican, they fucked, and then spawned me, another hairy brown motherfucker. It just happened. I'll tell you what I am proud of. I am proud of being so damned good at guitar. I practiced every day. I'm proud of being able to play Chopin on the piano. I sat in front of the keyboard hammering away until I got it down. I'm proud of being able do all kinds of complicated math shit. It required effort and patience to obtain those fancy degrees. I'm proud of being able to write coherent and vivid poetry. It's gay, but it nevertheless requires some practice. I'm proud of being able code shit up in MATLAB and Python. I had to sit in front of a console typing commands and syntax until I figured out how to solve differential equations and run simulations. I'm also proud of the endurance I've been building and the lung capacity I've been acquiring. I spent hours riding a bike and mashing those pedals. If I was black, white, brown, yellow, orange or purple, I'd still be proud of all the the things that I am proud of. You see, I don't understand brown pride, or black pride, or white pride, or gay pride, or straight pride, or man pride, or woman pride. As far as I am concerned, pride is derived from accomplishments. I often wonder if these gender/ethnic/ sexual orientation pride folks just want something to feel good about because they have not accomplished anything.