Are you proud of who you are?

So I read on one of my friends facebook pages "brown pride", he is half white and half mexican. He is proud of being mexican, there is nothing wrong with that right? I dont see anything wrong with that. I am proud to be his friend. My problem with this is that if I were to post "white pride" on my page I would probably have a long list of people telling me how offensive it is, that is comes across racist...WHY!!! I am white, my ansertors were white, they were from England for goodness sake. Why cant I be proud that my family came across the ocean to a country that had nothing and built themselves a life and family to sustain to today? I dont know if they had slaves, servants or any of the sort. They probably did but there is nothing I can do to change it and I am sorry for those people that were their slaves or servants. I am not sorry for their famies , that may seem cold and harsh but it is reality. Obviously it has been overcome to the point where even a black man can be president. I am just really sick of the special treatment that is given to those of color...we are not the majority anymore us white folk I mean. We are a melting pot, so shouldnt the help be given to those in need, not based of the color of their skin? I am all for education and health care for all, but that is why we pay our taxes so that we can make our children a productive part of society. It only betters our country as a whole when we keep our families healthy and educated. However when families move here from out of the country and dont pay taxes but receive free help and work for cash why is nothing done about it? It is not one race doing it, I am well aware of that and I do not blame one race. I blame us Americans who have let this continue to the point we can not even keep teachers in our schools. Where are our priorities? Why arent we proud enough to stand up for ourselves as well as everyone else? It was just as hard for people 100 years ago to come here and start over as it is today. There are just different obsticals. Think about where we need to be as a country as things fall apart around us, if we cant take care of what we have what makes us think we can take care of everyone that decides to come to America...