USA is racist as all fuck. And misogynist as hell too. So he isnt wrong. /shrug
So I'm seeing a lot of comments along this line and I just wanna stop and break down why they're... let's say "off base."
Privilege (in this case, white male) is a social construct. There's absolutely nothing about white men that makes them inherently more compelling, but they control all kinds of social and cultural levers that have made them appear so. And if you don't engage in any critical thinking, that's where it ends - your culture says they're more compelling, so you treat them as if they are, and the gap between what is and what might as well be vanishes because it's irrelevant. But clearly, people
have been engaging in that critical thinking - lots of people in this thread (most all, I'd hope) are
aware that there's a difference between what social mores tell them is true and what is, that white men don't
actually deserve an elevated position just by virtue of being white men.
But then you get posts like the above. And what those posts are saying, in essence, is that yes, you're aware of it, but it's so much easier to just play along. Which strikes me as... uh, insane. Because why even have the awareness of it if that's what you're going to do with it? It's a social construct. It doesn't actually exist if we say it doesn't. So push
back. Broadcast that their status is empty, that they've done nothing to deserve it, or that so many people have done so much more and to pass them over for a white man just because all cultural baggage says we should is
wrong.
This reminds me so strongly of the "THE OPTICZZZZ" complaints you get every election - where somebody does something that isn't actually wrong, but everybody pretends it is because that's what they're supposed to do - but worse. If you know that something is bullshit, don't play along with it because it's easier. Call that shit out! Especially if it's being advanced by a white man looking to position himself over a field of women and minorities. It's a naked power play, don't give credence to that shit.
edit: and as was just pointed out above me, it's also, uh, wrong. So there's that.
