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In reply to the discussion: What fueled right wingers, fathers rights, mens' rights, gun rights & teabaggers into existence? [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)And that may very well be the point of the book by examining only the dominant white male in-group in America. Maybe that's all the book is examining.
But "angry white men" are not the only oppressors in this world. This author seems to be concentrating on only western and American culture. Im talking more on a much bigger level the includes all cultures on the planet. What I am suggesting is a theory of why anything like this happens in the first place and why its going to be difficult to get rid of.
Any group can be an oppressor group. That's what needs to be kept in mind. Human beings seem to have that innate sense to put people into social categories. I don't know if we are ever going to get away from that because it seems to have been part of our evolution.
My only solution is that the in-groups at some point realize the out-groups are not inferior and not a threat. Only then can you start talking about things like diversity and equality. But this isn't easy since discriminating helps the in-group's self-esteem. People seem to always need a population to bully and blame things on.