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Back in the 'noughties' there was a landmark book (Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander) which lampooned all of the pop culture stuff that white people like. Of course, six years on some of these things have changed. Yet a lot still remains the same and speaks volumes about how race, nationality and class all inter-relate. When looking at this list below, I can see a lot of myself staring back out of it. So what does that all mean? Because I'm not really white! I'm a 'not quite white', half Maori, half European woman who has lived in different parts of the (mostly Western) world. And disturbingly, I can confess that I love the shit out of Farmer's Markets, learning foreign languages, New Balance, rugby, TED, Ray-Bans, Bicycles, microbreweries, David Sedaris, bottles of water, Banksy, Indie music, Michel Gondry, modern furniture, yoga, tea, sea salt, hip-hop references, piracy, living by the water, coffee, vegan food, Japan, Not for Profits, scarves, writer's workshops....Oh shit, shit, shit *hides under the duvet* Go through this list yourself, find out how white (or not) you truly are, then cringe and die a little inside.....

Full List of Stuff White People Like

#136 My So Called Life

#135 Roller Derby

#134 The TED Conference

#133 The World Cup

#132 Picking Their Own Fruit

#131 Conan O’Brien

#130 Ray-Ban Wayfarers

#129 Banksy

#128 Camping

#127 Where the Wild Things Are

#126 Vespa Scooters

#125 Bob Marley

#124 Hating People Who Wear Ed Hardy

#123 Mad Men

#122 Moleskine Notebooks

#121 Funny or Ironic Tattoos

#120 Taking a Year Off

#119 Sea Salt

#118 Ugly Sweater Parties

#117 Political Prisoners

#116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore

#115 Promising to Learn a New Language

#114 America

#113 Halloween

#112 Hummus

#111 Pea Coats

#110 Frisbee Sports

#109 The Onion

#108 Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music

#107 Self Aware Hip Hop References

#106 Facebook

#105 Unpaid Internships

#104 Girls with Bangs

#103 Sweaters

#102 Children’s Games as Adults

#101 Being Offended

#100 Bumper Stickers

#99 Grammar

#98 The Ivy League

#97 Scarves

#96 New Balance Shoes

#95 Rugby

#94 Free Healthcare

#93 Music Piracy

#92 Book Deals

#91 San Francisco

#90 Dinner Parties

#89 St. Patrick’s Day

#88 Having Gay Friends

#87 Outdoor Performance Clothes

#86 Shorts

#85 The Wire

#84 T-Shirts

#83 Bad Memories of High School

#82 Hating Corporations

#81 Graduate School

#80 The Idea of Soccer

#79 Modern Furniture

#78 Multilingual Children

#77 Musical Comedy

#76 Bottles of Water

#75 Threatening to Move to Canada

#74 Oscar Parties

#73 Gentrification

#72 Study Abroad

#71 Being the only white person around

#70 Difficult Breakups

#69 Mos Def

#68 Michel Gondry

#67 Standing Still at Concerts

#66 Divorce

#65 Co-Ed Sports

#64 Recycling

#63 Expensive Sandwiches

#62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People

#61 Bicycles

#60 Toyota Prius

#59 Natural Medicine

#58 Japan

#57 Juno

#56 Lawyers

#55 Apologies

#54 Kitchen Gadgets

#53 Dogs

#52 Sarah Silverman

#51 Living by the Water

#50 Irony

#49 Vintage

#48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops

#47 Arts Degrees

#46 The Sunday New York Times

#45 Asian Fusion Food

#44 Public Radio

#43 Plays

#42 Sushi

#41 Indie Music

#40 Apple Products

#39 Netflix

#38 Arrested Development

#37 Renovations

#36 Breakfast Places

#35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report

#34 Architecture

#33 Marijuana

#32 Vegan/Vegetarianism

#31 Snowboarding

#30 Wrigley Field

#29 80s Night

#28 Not having a TV

#27 Marathons

#26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)

#25 David Sedaris

#24 Wine

#23 Microbreweries

#22 Having Two Last Names

#21 Writers Workshops

#20 Being an expert on YOUR culture

#19 Traveling

#18 Awareness

#17 Hating their Parents

#16 Gifted Children

#15 Yoga

#14 Having Black Friends

#13 Tea

#12 Non-Profit Organizations

#11 Asian Girls

#10 Wes Anderson Movies

#9 Making you feel bad about not going outside

#8 Barack Obama

#7 Diversity

#6 Organic Food

#5 Farmer’s Markets

#4 Assists

#3 Film Festivals

#2 Religions their parents don’t belong to

#1 Coffee

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