White Male Privilege Third Edition

[Oakland]

Discrimination and racism has existed in America since the very early days of colonization. In the Declaration of Independence, our founding fathers declared "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." and yet, it would be another 189 years before Americans would be equal by law. It has been suggested that with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, America had finally overcame its ugly past of racism and discrimination. As we entered into the new millennium, the author wondered if America had really set aside its biases and discriminatory practices. The author interviewed eight people as he developed the foundations for this book. One of the people he was honored to interview was Brian Swann, the brother of famous footballer Lynn Swann. Brian shared his story of a racially motivated encounter that he and his brother's had experienced in the 1970's in San Francisco, California, at the hands of the San Francisco Police Department. Each of the eight people interviewed for this book brought with them a different experience and viewpoint as it relates to discrimination and racism in America, and more specifically, white male privilege in America. The author brought these eight individual viewpoints together, and told their story as they relate to American history, from the early days of colonization through the present day.

[Anon]

Well I guess its a good thing that's all over and done with. The new privileges are for any recognized minority or "under represented" group, and of course what's nice is that nobody can blame whitey for the dominance of Indians and Asians economically and academically. It just ain't "da man" keepin a brutha done, now.

Can't pin it on us no more!

Of course, the Al Sharptons of the world, the Rainbow Coalition, and all these professional whiners would be out of work without grievances to press against *someone*, anyone, really. So it will be amusing watching them attempt to lay out an argument for how whitey is doing it, when the empirical evidence is that the most prosperous segment of society is non-hispanic, non-black "minority" groups like Asians and Indians.

And of course they will milk these old gems like "white male privilege" as long as they can. Despite the fact there is more evidence for the Easter Bunny or Nessie than there is for "white male privilege".