It truly said that the US was built on slave labor and exploitation. This sets up the idea that whites benefit from discrimination. And in some narrow, short-term ways that is true also. However, while it clear that non-whites suffer from discrimination, but this is not a zero-sum game. It is neither zero-sum, nor is it a game. Nor is the "short-term" very short -- to this day, redlining and substandard housing take money from the disadvantaged, harm their communities, and benefit those in power -- disproportionately white males like me.
Even forgetting the moral outrage, If you truly believe in the power of a free market, then it has to be free for all. If through silence or active discrimination, the US leaves half of its strength and creative potential on the sidelines, we are all poorer.
Of course, we cannot forget the moral outrage either. I saw a sign yesterday: "If you are not livid, you are not listening"
I am listening, or doing my best to.
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