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Not sure why the downvotes here. This is an objectively true fact. And worse is that it’s not limited to white males. Nobody cares about our young black men either. 1/5 die of homicide while we reduce our police presence as if they are the most pressing problem.

At least a white male stands a good chance of not being born into a high crime area they have virtually no chance of escaping.

We suck at diagnosing and solving the real problems.

[imbnwa]

And the college gap is most pronounced amongst Black men and Black women, by an absurd ratio, so its fascinating to read a bunch of, presumably, majority CS degree holders who likely aren't Black or Latino talk about how white men have it worst for college enrollment

[jimbokun]

I think the issue isn't so much declaring exactly one group as the ones who have it worst, but to be driven by empirical data about how various groups perform. I believe college enrollment per capita goes something like:

white women > black women > white men > black men

(not sure where all the other racial groups fall).

So a simplistic calculation like "women are less privileged and black people are less privileged therefor we should help black women the most when it comes to college admissions" does not address the real world disparities that exist.

[listless]

Very true. Again - nobody really seems to care about black males despite the avalanche of hashtags.