what does it mean?

[cos]

Please comment on this post before you read anyone else's comments.

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

[gumby42.livejournal.com]

I think it has to be pure satire, after a few moments thought, mostly because it says "white." I think it's fair to say that no one would publicly announce to the world that they are racist, and that even the most conservative people aren't admittedly racist, at least in thier thoughts, if not in thier actions.

I have to admit though, for a moment, I thought it could go either way. Anywhere in massachusetts though, it has to be satire.