Boston University professor: White Males a "problem population"

[Beet]

The culture on College Campuses, especially liberal arts Universities, has become increasingly toxic because of these types.

She doesn't realize it's "because of whitey" that she has electricity, air conditioning, computers and a car.

[Beet]

Yeah, I don't see what's controversial about saying that a great deal of the technological and social progress of the world is the result of people who were (flawed) white men, in response to bigoted statements by an overzealous SJW.

[Beet]

Some SJW hate white men sometimes because in SJ world, all they think about is systems of oppression constantly, and oppression is usually in the form of whiteness and maleness. Intellectually, you can separate it out, but emotionally you can't always. This is where you see people on tumblr saying that they hate. They are responding to something tangible. At those times it can help to think about something tangible in the opposite direction. It's corny but, here we are, on the Internet, invented by Tim Berners-Lee. That's pretty cool, is it not?

This doesn't deny white male privilege. On the contrary, it's a part of privilege- to the extent that creation and giving and shaping things are a part of what it means to be human. The particular role of being a creator is more important even holding power. We on the left don't like to talk about it sometimes because unlike power and justice, it cannot be given by anyone. The creator is, by definition originating something new, something from his perspective. So we talk about equal opportunity instead (which is all we can do). But the end goal is the opportunity to create, the opportunity to contribute. Animals can have power, and they may even have a sense of fairness, but only humans create. We like our creators, like we like our heroes, and generally with good reason. It's a good antidote to hate to think about them.