"If the soldier has largely been replaced by the video game character
and the drone, if the mothers have proven that they can raise the
children alone, if the corporations are less able or willing to
guarantee the possibility of upward mobility and some level of respect
that comes with title, if someone else can bring home the bacon, what is
left for young men?
All this, and they still are not allowed to cry...
...I would argue that maleness and whiteness are commodities in decline. And while those of us who are not male or white have enjoyed some benefits from their decline, the sort of violence and murder that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary will continue to occur if we do not find a way to carry them along with us in our successes rather than leaving them behind. "
By CHRISTY WAMPOLE, The New York Times, Today
All this, and they still are not allowed to cry...
...I would argue that maleness and whiteness are commodities in decline. And while those of us who are not male or white have enjoyed some benefits from their decline, the sort of violence and murder that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary will continue to occur if we do not find a way to carry them along with us in our successes rather than leaving them behind. "
By CHRISTY WAMPOLE, The New York Times, Today
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