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Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There are all kinds of ways in which especially white men in this country have been helped by the government.

— Rebecca Traister

Black people have been working hard for decades.

— Cornel West

White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people.

— Holly Near

We look at the African-American community, for a long time those of us who be considered strong - black men - for whatever reason, haven't done a good job of taking care of the weak. And we were doing things that render taking care of our youth and taking care of our women and our families impossible, when our lives are taken.

— Ryan Coogler

The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.

— James A. Baldwin

'White America' is a syndicate arrayed to protect its exclusive power to dominate and control our bodies.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

✗Opposing Perspectives

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

— Chief Joseph

White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.

— Billy Gibbons

White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages.

— Susan B. Anthony

Old white people have pretty much always been the bad guys, the keepers of the hegemonic and reactionary flame, the folks unwilling to share the category of American with others on equal terms.

— Tim Wise