Quickie rant

Just read this in a comment section of someone else's blog.

"From being a white middle class male and suffering years and years and years and years of all sorts of accusations I have become sensitive. Just like other groups are sensitive after years and years and years and years of similar (tho different) accusations."

Build a bridge buddy. If you are part of a generic group of abusers you are going to cop a bit of flak even if you're not personally a baddy.

I'd say go and find a planet where being white, male, and middle class puts you in an oppressed group and has done for over 4,000 years (total lack of knowledge of human society history here) and then try that sentence again. White middle-class men have been getting stick for about 40 years. Deal with it.

Try being a woman. Rich and white, you're still worse off than the average white middle-class man. Look around at how many women are in top jobs compared to men. Don't just look at the few women in top jobs, add up the totals. Mostly men, mostly white, all rich. Just because girls are getting educated doesn't mean they're getting the jobs.

Try being not white, even in your own country. White people still dominate, ask any african if they don't think the IMF isn't still sticking it too them. Even worse if you're in a white dominated country. How many black, brown, and yellow people are there in top jobs?

Try being poor in any part of the world.

What are the chances of McCain getting in? Can't vote for a woman, wont vote for a black man.