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Re:What happened in 2017 by aioprisan on Sunday December 31, 2017 @12:04PM (#16041293)
Yes but as a percentage of population, those while males have a disproportionate amount of power compared to any other group, all things equal.
Re:What happened in 2017 by TheAdamAndChe on Sunday December 31, 2017 @12:29PM (#16041428)
The fact that white men hold power shouldn't be worrying. Power is often inherited, and America was historically a predominantly white male-dominated nation in the near past.

What we should worry about is this fact being used as an excuse for anti-white racism and anti-male sexism, which is exactly what is happening. People are acting like all white males are the issue when they're not. They're applauding affirmative action while ignoring the fact that white men are now a minority in universities nowadays. They sneer at men embracing their masculinity while applauding women embracing their femininity. They push for equality in high paying fields while ignoring these inequalities in lower-paying ones.

We really should reconsider our methods of facilitating change. It's a double standard, and will be met with cultural and political backlash.

Re:What happened in 2017 by electric_sheep on Sunday December 31, 2017 @01:06PM (#16041729)
Why on Earth should people of conscience not be concerned with a self-perpetuating inheritance of power? That seems to be exactly what affirmative action programs are designed to counter-balance, so not understanding your criticism of them here.
Re:What happened in 2017 by aioprisan on Sunday December 31, 2017 @12:43PM (#16041565)
> The fact that white men hold power shouldn't be worrying.

We've got a few thousand years of racist history that shows us just how worried we should be about mostly white men holding power vs representative populations of those leadership groups.

> What we should worry about is this fact being used as an excuse for anti-white racism and anti-male sexism, which is exactly what is happening.

This is where you lost me. Do you have any proof that this is taking place and at which rate? At which point is the discomfort of white males OK for society given the vast injustices and imbalances created to make white males more comfortable at everyone else's expense?

Re:What happened in 2017 by TheAdamAndChe on Sunday December 31, 2017 @12:53PM (#16041646)
> At which point is the discomfort of white males OK for society given the vast injustices and imbalances created to make white males more comfortable at everyone else's expense?

Fighting racism with racism will earn you no friends. There is nothing that makes whites better than nonwhites, and there is nothing that makes nonwhites better than whites. Utilizing this us-vs-them mentality to suppress a group of people you don't like is exactly the kind of mentality that led to racism in the first place.

Re:What happened in 2017 by aioprisan on Sunday December 31, 2017 @12:59PM (#16041677)
Having representative populations of leaders that understand and properly advocate for the interests of their communities is not fighting racism with racism.
Re:What happened in 2017 by TheAdamAndChe on Sunday December 31, 2017 @01:03PM (#16041706)
No, but saying that making white people "uncomfortable" is okay _is_ fighting racism with racism, and should not be tolerated.