what does it mean?

[cos]

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This weekend, I saw a bumper sticker that said,
Straight, White, English-Speaking
Proud American
For a moment, I was offended ... then I started thinking of several different possible intentions, meanings, and contexts for this slogan. After a bit of confusion, I settled on curiosity. What does it mean? What did the people who sold it intend for it to convey, and what did the person who put it on their car intend to say by it? I can think of several different possibilities or nuances, and maybe there are more.

So tell me, what do you read in this bumper sticker slogan? And if, like me, you see several possibilities, which one came first, before you thought about it?

Comments

[killersmart1.livejournal.com]

It could be someone intending a satirical meaning along the lines of "Straight but not Narrow".

However, I think that, as a person who basically fits those characteristics (straight-ish, white-depending on which generation you ask, English-Speaking, proud of some things and American), a person who would might use a statement like that in satire would realize its other implications and have experience with "Proud American" meaning "Blindly Patriotic and Probably a Bigot" and not want to risk advertising themselves that way.

What was the coloration of the sticker?

[cos]

White lettering on a clear background, which meant the color of the car's bumper was the background - dark green I think, but I don't remember for sure.