The Problematic Words of Rich White Dudes
May 3, 2018 8:06 AM Subscribe
What are some (potentially) problematic things that rich white men have said in the not too distant past? Specifically, ideas that seem blind to inequalities that still exist between them and people who are less white, rich, and Western.
For instance...
Just this past week Jeff Bezos - of Amazon - stated that: "The only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my Amazon winnings into space travel."
Last year, Donald J. Trump asked an assembled audience: “The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost?”.
In 2011 noted rich libertarian Peter Thiel made his interest in radical life extension tech clear when he said that: “Probably the most extreme form of inequality is between people who are alive and people who are dead.”
For instance...
Just this past week Jeff Bezos - of Amazon - stated that: "The only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my Amazon winnings into space travel."
Last year, Donald J. Trump asked an assembled audience: “The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost?”.
In 2011 noted rich libertarian Peter Thiel made his interest in radical life extension tech clear when he said that: “Probably the most extreme form of inequality is between people who are alive and people who are dead.”
This post was deleted for the following reason: Not that rich white dudes haven't said a hell of a lot of problematic shit recently and otherwise, but it's not really clear why this is an Ask. If you've got something more specific you're looking to do besides just sort of round this stuff up, that needs to be clearer in the framing of the question. -- cortex
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