Reply #37: I do not feel guilty for benefiting, myself [View All]

There's still plenty for you to understand, too. You are still very young -- a lot younger than me, I'll wager. Personally, there's something really tinny about a twentyish white male telling me how little I understand. (A lot like those college-age white male Nader voters who yelled at me that I'm a warmonger a few months ago because I didn't want to sign their @#$%ing petition to get Ralphie on the ballot.) I hope you manage to get over your guilt, and hopefully, you'll give up assessing the acceptable levels of white guilt of your fellow students, as you find more meaningful ways to spend your time.

By the same token, I might very easily call you a male chauvinist pig. After all, you are male, right? And I'm female; I'm the one who's traditionally oppressed. So the shoe fits you, you'd better wear it cheerfully. If you dare to argue that you might not be a male chauvinist pig, you make yourself an even bigger one.

Is this the kind of world you want? Where victimhood is currency?