White men in North America are the beneficiaries of the single biggest affirmative action program in world history. … - Michael Kimmel

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There's a different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer.

Michael Kimmel

White men in North America are the beneficiaries of the single biggest affirmative action program in world history. It's called world history.

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Privilege is invisible to those who have it.

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The privilege of privilege is that the terms of privilege are rendered invisible. It is a luxury not to have to think about race, or class, or gender. Only those marginalized by some category understand how powerful that category is when deployed against them.

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So guys who are otherwise sensitive and thoughtful say and do ridiculously dumb things to impress other guys. It's an enormous performance, but guys know that if they fail, they'll be ridiculed as sissies mercilessly.

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We have the data to prove to men that gender equality is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win.

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White men in Europe and the US are the beneficiaries of the single greatest affirmative action program in the history of the world; it is called the history of the world.

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