Man of sure wish I had some of this white male power everyone is awlays talking about. Maybe that's because I've always been poor and poor whites have about as much power as minorities. I'm very aware of who has power and it's not the middle class either. It's not about black or white when it comes to power, it's all about the money. That's where the power is. I will say that cops treat whites better than minorities for sure. I live in a black neighborhood and its noticable how much more blacks are messed with by the cops. It pisses me off just watching, I'm sure I can't imagine how much worse that is for minorities. White privilege was created to drive a wedge between poor blacks and whites. Little of that privilege is still there for the poor. One of the problems is our system is designed to keep the rich rich and the poor poor. That means if a class of people held down for hundreds of years are then suddenly let up on they will still be held down by the system. It will take blacks hundreds and hundreds of years to ever catch up whites under this system. I just wish everyone realized who the true villians are with all this power, it's the ones with all the money. The economy is nothing but a giant Monopoly game stacked in favor of a very small group. They only win because we all choose to play by their rules. When we join together they can't stop us. You will need all the white males to be apart of it so you should realize most white males have no more power than anyone else. You only chase them to the other side when you start attacking all white males. I realize you are talking about middle class but they have no power either. They are reacting out of fear because they are the ones everyone keeps demonizing. Stop attacking them and ask for their help. Most of them are good people just trying to take care of their family and they hear everyone blaming them for keeping people down. It may have been true a while ago but not so much now. They aren't going to apologise for something they never did. It's the rich that created the game we play and they continue doing the same thing to this day so why arent we attacking them. Nepotism is the primary way the system holds people back yet I never hear it discussed. Maybe thats everyone likes to use it any chance they can.

When you're accustomed to unquestioned and unchallenged privilege, equality feels like persecution.

Whenever anyone, who has historically held positions of power over anyone else, is told they can't do that anymore, they tend to get their panties in a bunch over it.
Some white people, all over the world, still have issues with not holding absolute power over people of color. Too damned bad for them.
There are still men who don't like that women have "rights", too.

Wow that is spot on. I too , a white, truly believe many have a white complex which they believe is superior. They are non science of course because they just do not understand what a human being really is. They do not understand that they are shit believing we founded our nation. We found nothing except that when we arrived in the new world, we were actually visiting some one else;s world. So doing the white thing , we shit on them and claimed it for ourself. Now when some one speaks truth and logic, they revert back to the white god. The white race, in my opinion , is one of the worst regarding compassion.

I have no apologies for being white. That hasn't stopped me from meeting a few whites who need to apologize. Some people in this world have no idea what equality means and they will do anything to make sure others do not get it. I would personally hate to feel that way and live in the skin of such a person. Inviting to a recent gathering at my house, one person refused because they said of another "that person is from Peru." It was not so, but what do I expect in a GOP state where so many are affected by "Trump's caravan" stories?

The Christian Right are exactly the same....they feel under attack from immigrants who are Muslim and an increasing number of people like us who are Atheists. They think they are under siege and that their so called Christian values are being eroded. These things are illusory.....they, like middle class white males still hold a deck of cards stacked in their favour, but they don’t like the odds being changed even slightly, to make things a bit more equal.

It is not about feeling guilty or apologizing for being a white male. It is about recognizing your privilege and working towards equity. It is not hard to understand. Just uncomfortable maybe?

Today is a great day to be a white American male. Though I always feel like apoligizing for my entire class of people. I think the real political question is or should be, who will win the hearts and minds of that demographic. Whoever does will win 2020.

When are we going to reach the final destination? No one should apologize for being what we are, no one. That must be the ultimate goal, unite as opposed to divide. In my opinion this type of messages keep widening the gap we need to close.

Excellent post and well said!

Yep when you start from a priviledged position and don't see it, equality feels like punishment/oppression. If only these broflakes knew what real oppression felt like.

Exactly.

Agreed.

That's a pretty good view, but underneath it's a lot more nuanced and includes a lot more different kinds of people and perspectives. But basically, yeah.

So, whatcha gonna do?