#straightwhitemen — Public Fediverse posts

"The problem isn’t that people of color and other marginalized people are lacking the necessary qualities – intelligence, ambition, discipline, networks and other qualifications, other merit – to climb their way up to positions of power and influence in greater numbers. The problem is the longstanding & widespread practice of granting preferences to straight white American men."

#gender #patriarchy #misogyny #homophobia #heterosexism #race #MaleEntitlement #gender #StraightWhiteMen #LGBTQ
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"We’ve mainly obsessed over why people of color, women and LGBTQ+ individuals are 'underrepresented' rather than asking: why are straight white American men so dramatically overrepresented in positions of power?"

#gender #patriarchy #misogyny #homophobia #heterosexism #race #MaleEntitlement #gender #StraightWhiteMen #LGBTQ
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"For decades, the way that government entities, institutions, organizations, and even advocates and activists have gone about addressing inequality in this country has been fundamentally flawed. We’ve asked the wrong questions, pursued the wrong solutions, and accepted the wrong premises."

~ Steve Phillips

#gender #patriarchy #misogyny #homophobia #heterosexism #race #MaleEntitlement #gender #StraightWhiteMen #LGBTQ
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/straight-white-men-overrepresentation