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In reply to the discussion: Where do all the angry white men come from? [View all]HappyMe
(20,277 posts)56. White people have always had it way easier.
My grandparents came here from Poland, and faced a bunch of challenges. But they were never turned away from a job, apartment or anything based solely on skin color.
I always laugh when republicans say that migrant workers are taking good American jobs. Really? Pack up yourself and your white family and go do that back breaking work for a couple of bucks a day.
You know, I really don't know how to feel about being a white woman. Grateful? Guilty? I know that I have always had it easier than any woman of color.
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Good grief, white males have been "king of the mountain" for hundreds of years...
polichick
Nov 2013
#13
Coal mining is an Appalachian phenomenon largely and it was (and is?) mostly white males doing it
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#33
I have compassion for poor people, just not more for poor white males than others.
polichick
Nov 2013
#24
As a I wrote just recently, I prefer to treat people as individuals rather than as part of a group
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#31
Too bad more white males don't treat others as individuals - maybe women would...
polichick
Nov 2013
#34
White males in particular have been cynically manipulated with cunning propaganda
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#28
I know several guys that will tell you the white male is the most discriminated agains.
brewens
Nov 2013
#17
They love to be persecuted! Try and stop the from forcing their superstition on the rest of us
brewens
Nov 2013
#73
I think there is a definite imbalance of power between different races in our society.
Kurska
Nov 2013
#38
It seems that the most entrenched, the most privileged, the most entitled demographics are often...
LanternWaste
Nov 2013
#36
Yes, the "Class Warfare!" squeals by the top 1 percent (& their media slaves) are a perfect example.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2013
#41
my niece was in tears today. a working mom dealing with a sick child after sick child.
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#49
i feel for her. at this age with the young ones going into school, they are getting
seabeyond
Nov 2013
#51