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In reply to the discussion: White Men Rule [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)148. +1 I'd add that harping on white male privilege while the Democratic Party accedes to policies
that destroy the public sector that disproportionately hires minority workers is kind of ironic.
The Party's failure to support the working class generally is one reason for the disaffection of white working class men, whose income has stagnated since the 70s.
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We often interpret a thing to better validate our own biases and prejudices.
LanternWaste
Mar 2012
#41
Advertisers make everyone look stupid. Don't buy their crap. Nothing's that necessary needs an Ad.
freshwest
Mar 2012
#18
Indeed. As this thread begins to reveal, we don't even seem to have the vocabulary
Romulox
Mar 2012
#21
Read the thread. People are telling us that CEOs and Senators "prove" the extent of privilege...
Romulox
Mar 2012
#83
Hmmmm. But it is both a class and a race issue. Are you denying White Male Privilege?
el_bryanto
Mar 2012
#108
I dont usually agree with Romulox, HOWEVER, if given a choice between being a
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#116
Ted Koppel did a story a few years ago where he asked several white people if they
Number23
Apr 2012
#179
"Money is not everything and never has been. Dignity means alot to people too."
redqueen
Apr 2012
#195
I'm from a working/lower class background. I received my A.B. from a "Public Ivy."
amandabeech
Apr 2012
#168
why so many white men like me can be found whining about how tough it is to be a white man:
arcane1
Mar 2012
#17
i am sad to say, a lot of us women are helping these men out. letting them off the hook and feeling
seabeyond
Mar 2012
#28
"by almost any metric... a pretty sweet deal to start out life as a white male"
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2012
#23
By a ratio of 3:2, women are sent by society. Specificially, the women's educational equity program.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2012
#147
No, it's not the definition of institutional sexism. When something is institutionalized it means
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#149
Sure it is. Laws dictating preferential treatment by gender is institutional sexism.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2012
#162
When boys were more likely to go to college in the 40s & 50s, most primary teachers were
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#166
How, in any stretch of the imagination, could someone whine 'how tough white men have it?
chrisa
Mar 2012
#128
I'm guessing that the author of ths piece knows a lot of successful white guys
Nye Bevan
Mar 2012
#31
As An African American Male, I Don't Think That All White Men Have It Easy in America
Yavin4
Mar 2012
#33
a) People don't get paid for "their level of education". They get paid for what they do.
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2012
#120
White women are more likely to be unemployed than black women. Is that because they
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#145
I find that the white guys with the self esteem issue mentioned in the OP, are those
JoePhilly
Mar 2012
#74
Half of white men working full-time in 2007 made less than $50K. Are you saying that if they just
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#143
Thanks for the anecdotes, but the fact is that half of white men make less than $50K, and in the
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#156
Some white men apparently disagree, and seem to believe that they are an oppressed
Zorra
Mar 2012
#75
Sure, white male privege doesn't work EVERY time, but it works enough to make a difference
Taverner
Mar 2012
#95
Seems more accurate to say that Straight, White, Christian, Upperclass Males rule.
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#97
Yes I am. You are aware that a poor person cannot even afford a taxi, right? nt
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#109
This is exactly what drives white working-class men away from the Democratic party
eek MD
Mar 2012
#132
There are many kinds of privilege. A white middle class woman about equals a poor white man
stevenleser
Mar 2012
#134
+1 I'd add that harping on white male privilege while the Democratic Party accedes to policies
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#148
I'd go one farther: the singular focus on race is often pushed by corporate, "New" Democrats
Romulox
Apr 2012
#151
Agreed. Not only a diversion, but a good way to keep people isolated in their own little
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#152
Not only white, but witty, intelligent, dashingly handsome & not bald.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2012
#169