MALES
One of my pet peeves is the marginalization of the white male in modern America. The extent of the disdain for the white American male finally hit home with me in a community organization to which I belonged. It was a leadership type of organization whose raison d’etre was to provide leadership training among young adults in our community and provide pathways for community growth. At my own expense, I put together a breakfast for what few influential people I know, and we proceeded to outline some alternatives. I presented our work to the director of my organization, who was a single, black working woman. Rather than the work, what she most interested in was the makeup of the group that I had invited. Her words were “They look mighty male and mighty white”. Not only did this effort die on the vine, but a contingent group of 20 extremely community minded individuals looking to help this community was crushed out of existence because they were “business oriented” rather than politically ...