I wasn't going to blog about this
Oct. 7th, 2010 04:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutBecause I don't think the headline is fair, and I think the author has really taken an idea a little further than it should have been taken.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-09-29/news/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/
However, the people he is talking about went way too far first.
Also, I'm seeing evidence of the more limited form of the thesis (specifically: if you're white, male and born before about 1965, you probably hold political opinions that used to be perfectly fine in mainstream society, but are now widely perceived as extremely uncivilized).
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-09-29/news/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/
However, the people he is talking about went way too far first.
Also, I'm seeing evidence of the more limited form of the thesis (specifically: if you're white, male and born before about 1965, you probably hold political opinions that used to be perfectly fine in mainstream society, but are now widely perceived as extremely uncivilized).