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Because those other groups are not privileged. Criticizing the people in power is always okay and it should be encouraged.


The parent comment is getting dunked on because it feels rich for the majority racial group to claim aggrieved status.

But I agree that adding the whiteness status of the men doesn't add to the story. The distinguishing characteristics of the men were they were rich and powerful. There are many people in the United States who despite their whiteness, suffer injustice, lived in poverty, and are oppressed by powerful interests.

The above does not erase the fact that systemic racism impacts Black and Hispanic Americans significantly to this day, and work to mitigate this should continue.


It is curious that the people threatening to destroy the world are always old white men, though, don't you think? I wonder if there's a reason for it.


Are you claiming that China, India, and Pakistan do not possess nuclear weapons, do not assert they will retaliate with those weapons, or are led by old white men?

There are many Indians and Pakistanis who do consider themselves white. I'm unaware of a prominent white identity movement within China, but I don't have total certainty.


Which one of those currently has their finger on the "start a global thermonuclear war" button?


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