If this means that it was something I thought was worth talking about, indeed that’s why I wrote that.
No. That’s not what that means, which is only what it says- if I personally were a millennial male who was denied opportunity, I would be bitter about it, and I have to imagine a subset of those people (ie “a few”) were radicalized by the experience. Thank you for a close read, however:
That is not my worldview or anything like it, so let me make this clear:
- I very much do blame our current situation on affluent white progressives for abandoning majoritarian middle class economic interests in favor of narrow social issues and reinforcing their own economic security and social status.
- I have NEVER proposed giving back goddamn inch on anything, particularly when it comes to opening up opportunities in the workplace.
- I spent a good bit of my career working on this stuff, which is why I’m trying to be thoughtful about how we could have done more and better.
Hope that helps. As for the screed at the bottom, it’s got nothing to do with me, what I think, what I said, or what I do, but if it made you feel better to get it out, I’m glad.