Looking for an article about how white men can get away with things.

April 20, 2018 1:37 PM

Several years ago I read an article by some guy who talked about how he just stopped asking permission and started doing things -- going to work parties that weren't where he worked, or a bar mitzvah he wasn't invited to, and how he never got into trouble for it and was teaching his son to do the same. This amount of detail has proved to be impossible to google for. Does anyone remember it? It was roundly mocked by people who are not white men.
posted by jeather to Writing & Language (4 answers total)

Best answer: Was it this one?
posted by darchildre at 1:41 PM on April 20, 2018 [1 favorite]

Best answer: You're looking for this, I believe
posted by brainmouse at 1:41 PM on April 20, 2018 [1 favorite]

If it's the guy I'm thinking of, he also pretended to be a DJ and got into some exclusive party (they also let him backstage and on the tour bus). I think it was written for Vice magazine, but I can't find it in the archives. I do remember the backlash, it was pretty harsh and (mostly) well-deserved.
posted by ananci at 1:47 PM on April 20, 2018

Response by poster: Thank you! That was it.
posted by jeather at 2:04 PM on April 20, 2018