Speaking personally, as a late-middle-aged white male, I notice my sense of value in steep decline. The message I pick up in the progressive, liberal circles I inhabit, is the world would be better place if I didn’t exist. There isn’t much I have to contribute to the future of civilization since most of the world’s problems were created by white men. And I’m holding employment that could and should go to non-whites. And I’m holding resources that were taken from the oppressed and ought to be returned.

(Dear white male reader, please read the whole essay. Please strive to keep an open mind. Especially those who run in progressive, liberal circles, listen inwardly to see how much of my arguments resonate emotionally) …

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