Krugman Doesn’t Understand Why “Darkness Is Spreading Over Part Of Our Society”
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/09/2015 – 08:27
“…middle-aged whites have lost the narrative of their lives. … while universal health care, higher minimum wages, aid to education, and so on would do a lot to help Americans in trouble, I’m not sure whether they’re enough to cure existential despair.“
University Of Missouri President Resigns After Claims He “Enabled A Culture Of Racism”
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/09/2015 – 15:05 For months, black student groups have complained of racial slurs and other slights on the overwhelmingly white (79% white and 8% black) flagship campus of the Missouri’s four-college system. Today, amid a campus in open revolt and at least 30 black football players announcing that they would not play until the president was gone, AP reports that Mizzou President Tim Wolfe has resigned effective immediately urging students and faculty “to heal and start talking again to make the changes necessary.” Protestors demanded that Wolfe “acknowledge his white male privilege,” that he is immediately removed, and that the school adopt a mandatory racial-awareness program and hire more black faculty and staff.
“White male privilege” and middle aged whites in despair. Any idea why? If the school is 79% white and 8% black what should the ratio of the faculty be? The same? 50/50?
I would venture a guess that the whites in despair are responding to having been under attack for the last 50 years. Don’t expect the Marxist Krugman to admit to that though. JMO.