Comments on: Ask the White Guy: Are White Men the New Victims on College Campuses?

By: Luke Visconti

Luke Visconti — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:12:51 +0000

I find George Will to be increasingly out of touch. Luke Visconti, CEO, DiversityInc

By: MPL

MPL — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:12:28 +0000

You should have got George Will at your April event instead of Ann Coulter. He may not have let you divulge aspects of his contract, but he would be more intellectually honest.

By: Luke Visconti

Luke Visconti — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:01:28 +0000

You can't compare Cornel West to Ann Coulter. Just do a web search for Ann Coulter quotes and then one for Cornel West quotes. One talks about love, the other about fury. We're having Ann Coulter and Michael Eric Dyson speak at our April event. I've paid hundreds of thousands in speaking fees for my events, and Ann Coulter's speaking contract is the ONLY one I've ever seen that has a clause in it that allows her to not forfeit her fee if projectiles are thrown at the stage and she decides to leave. I don't think every person's point of view is equal or both sides are "correct" at all times. In my opinion, the best way to bring this to life and help people draw conclusions is by providing contrast; Ann will help me do that. Should be fun. We had Ward Connerly (anti-affirmative-action activist) speak at one of our events. Our audience treated him politely, but with what I'd describe as sad contempt. He's used to speaking to people who agree with him—as the audience sat in stony silence, he lost energy, became less emphatic and kind of sad. It was a beautiful moment. Luke Visconti, CEO, DiversityInc

By: MPL

MPL — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:12:07 +0000

Interesting article. From my perspective, it is useful to differentiate subtle bigotry from overt bigotry.

The slights that take place toward minorities, while frequent, are mostly subtle, to the point that many go unnoticed. Moreover, they are usually not tolerated at all once out in the public.

The slights that take place toward whites, while rare, tend to be more overt and don’t carry the same level of outrage. For example, a white anti-affirmative action scholar was invited to speak at a college. Certain segments of the student body were so offended by the invitation that they protested and made threats of violence – the speaker ended up not giving the speech. Thought police 1, expression of ideas 0.

Ann Coulter got hit with a pie while speaking not too long ago – imagine the outrage if Cornel West got hit with a pie.

So let’s not needlessly obsess over slights, but let’s apply that logic across the board.

By: Charity Dell

Charity Dell — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:44:23 +0000

White men will be victims anywhere if:
A. No one has stressed to them the value of education, or why it’s important to them to continue striving for a college education;
B. They haven’t been prepared to function in a multiethnic, multilingual society;
C. They do not have confidence in themselves BEYOND the
“privilege” of being “white” and/or “male.”

By: ECS

ECS — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:21:41 +0000

I agree with this article–but I think it is very clear that there is real fear in the part of a segment of “white America” that the status quo is changing. It has,and it is-and they are scared.

While I don;t admire their fear or their actions, we cannot help the whole of America unless we understand the fears of those who want the “old ways” back.