This is easier than you think: white men won.

When you're the majority you get to set the baseline. Your behavior is "normal" behavior. That's the very definition of privilege: my house, my rules. In America, for now, white men are the baseline. Therefore, anything a "normal" white man does can't be deviant.

Sociopolitically speaking, white men will continue to define the norm well past the point where we're a minority. We've run things for so long our entrenched power structure will kick along for generations. As a result, the gains of any minority must either be granted by the majority or taken from them.

Pity the poor white man. His great grandmother probably didn't expect to vote when she grew up. His great great grandfather may have owned people. Now here he is, surrounded by signs in spanish, men kissing men, female CEOs and doctors with Indian accents. His star is on the wane. Are you surprised that he lashes out like a cornered animal?

I grew up with "fags" and "niggers" and "gooks" and "chinks" and now we've got gay congressmen, a black president and Bruce Jenner's a girl. I think it's fuckin' awesome... But if I weren't evolved, I'd be terrified at the rate of social progress.