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In reply to the discussion: I'm surprised how many DU'ers think aknowledging white male privilege is somehow bigoted [View all]truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)The white males in power now are the biggest impediment to progress. In fact, the white males in the Republican party are attempting to roll the clock back to the Gilded Age. Too many white males in the leadership of the Democratic party are busy maintaining the status quo. We wouldn't be making progress if it weren't for the pressure of the non-white, non-male population. That's not unusual--generally the people lead the politicians, who won't follow until it is safe.
We might have it very good, historically speaking, but we could have had it better. Without the opposition of (mostly) Southern white males, backed by their women, we could have had universal health care decades ago--Truman pushed for it but too many white males didn't want to share hospitals with black people.
It's disingenuous to credit white males with all the good things in this culture.