[Grovenet] A few excellent thoughts on what it means to be an "American" . . .

[Steven]

Sure rings true about white guys.
I don't think that white guys wrote the book on American Culture. It was
just that there were more of us and we were the ones required to go out and
get the jobs in that culture.
White guys were mostly in charge in European Culture, or British Culture.

The equal opportunity stuff sure ruined my advancement in the 70s and 80s. I
suffered yet my ancestors fought for the north in the Civil War. Why was I
punished?
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  Subject: [Grovenet] A few excellent thoughts on what it means to be an
"American" . .

  A: Yes -- although the problem is that white people, men in particular,
are not allowed that same opportunity. Until we can figure out if “American
culture” means “white culture” or something new, this problem will remain.

  -Michael Giarrusso, AP regional news director