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In reply to the discussion: What fueled right wingers, fathers rights, mens' rights, gun rights & teabaggers into existence? [View all]Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)In the U.S., there have always been white males in the upper classes, in the middle classes and in the lower classes. What role have these white males played, and what was their standing? Here it is:
Within the American lower classes, the white male was always king. He was above the females in the lower classes, above the gays (those who didn't try to pass as straight) in the lower classes, above blacks in the lower classes, above everyone.
Within the American middle classes, the white male was always king. He was above the females in the middle classes, above the gays in the middle classes (those who didn't try to pass as straight), above blacks in the middle classes (the tiny few that were there), above everyone. And, he was even above the entirety of the lower classes, including white males of the lower classes.
Within the American upper classes, the white male was always king. He was above the females in the upper classes, above gays in the upper classes (those who didn't try to pass as straight), above everyone. And, he was even above the entirety of the middle and lower classes, including white males of the lower and the middle classes. So he was above everyone in the U.S. who wasn't a rich, right wing male.
This was the American caste system.