A man has taken to social media to share a video perfectly explaining why "white pride" really isn't a thing.
Sharing a video to his TikTok account, Michael - who goes by the handle @tizzyent - did a video response to a question he received on a previous video in which he was asked: "Why can't you be proud of being white?"
Michael, who has 1 million followers on the platform, said in no uncertain terms that there is "no such thing as white pride".
He then went on to explain the reasons why - despite there being a visible presence of white nationalists in the US - it isn't a thing.
Watch Michael's eye-opening video below:"There is no such thing as white pride, in part because there is no white culture," he explained.
He continues, "You can have pride based on your ethnicity, like Scottish, German, Irish. You can have regional pride, like Southern pride. These things usually apply to your cultural identity like how you grew up etc."
"And some people argue ‘well other colors have pride’, and no, they don’t. Chicano pride, Latino pride, Asian pride, those aren’t colors," he explains.
However, there is one exception to this rule, according to Michael - Black pride.
It is important to note, though, that he is referring specifically to Black pride in an American context, where, as a result of the transatlantic slave trade, many Black Americans lost touch with their roots.
And so Black people in the US - generally speaking - do not know about their specific heritage aside from the fact that they are Black.
"They’ve had a unique experience no one else has. Black Americans were robbed of their culture. They don’t know where they come from. Two Black Americans meet, they could have come from warring African tribes, they don’t know," he says.
"What they do know is that their American experience was similar. In other words, the thing that connects them is the color of their skin and how society has treated them as a result," Michael continues.
Michael then goes on to explain that the terms white pride and Black pride have very different origins.
"You also have to consider where the terms White pride and Black pride originated; White pride was coined by White supremacists. Black pride is from the Black Power and Civil Rights Movement," he states.
"One represents superiority and hate and the other a fight for equality."
Michael's video has received an impressive 3.2 million likes and over 60,000 comments at the time of writing.
Many of his followers have taken to the comments to praise his insightful and enlightened explanation:
