"The overemphasis of demographic characteristics works against an emphasis on ability, because ability is indeed distributed relatively equally among races and genders...." DK
"The emphasis on race and gender as sources of prejudice and obstacles in the workplace in recent decades has been somewhat misleading. Far too many minority and female Americans seem to feel that white males simply never have problems rising to the top of their field of endeavor by virtue of their "white male privilege." This is, frankly, silly. Since the founding of the republic, simply being a white male has never been a guarantee of anything...." DK
I just want to take a short look back, down memory lane, at what phrases like this may have meant, both before 1776, and then.
Most people, including most scholars, believe that this phrase came originally from Locke, and comments made by his contemporaries in New England and elsewhere.
That is not correct. It came from Hobbes. See: state of nature. If you look at Wikipedia only on Locke, or Jefferson, you won't actually see this point.
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