Our government and businesses are run almost exclusively by white males...

[Gravitycollapse]

Old white males, to be more specific. Even considering the fact that our president is half black, the figures don't look good.

We are 85th in the world for women representation in national legislature. Less than 1% of all CEOs are women. Minority representation is not much better and in some cases is much worse.

I find it hard to believe that the interests of the American people can be cared for when our system is so fundamentally stacked against oppressed groups.

[Mnemosyne]

1. Maybe if we mess up their lawns enough, they will go home. Almost every older white male I know

is obsessed with his lawn.

A change could only be good for this world.

[Gravitycollapse]

2. We need to boycott mowing their lawns.

[Mnemosyne]

3. That might do it!

[Behind the Aegis]

4. "We are 85th in the world for women representation in national legislature."

Where did you find that stat? Could you point it out to me? I really like comparative stats, especially ones that are more universal. You made a comment about minority representation; is that also included in the same place?

Thanks.

[HiPointDem]

5. Having black, female, whatever faces in power does little to nothing to help 'oppressed groups'.

What helps oppressed groups is policies that help oppressed groups.

Historically, having representatives of oppressed groups in high places has been used more often to dampen protest than do much for oppressed groups.

Look at the history of colonialism & independence. people who actually want to help get killed. people who just want to rake off their cut stay around a long time.

Currently black politicians are collaborating with policies of 'emergency management' in black cities in michigan; black pols are collaborating with privatization of education in the inner cities (which includes wholesale firing of black teachers disproportionately).

Women pols are collaborating in neoliberal policies which destroy families, which make work increasingly insecure for poor women, etc.

Helping the oppressed is not about having X percent of 'oppressed' representation in congress. It's about POLICIES.

And once you get to congress you are no longer 'oppressed' anyway, if you ever were. Which is usually not the case, since most people who make it to congress, or the presidency, were never oppressed to begin with, despite the horatio alger PR.

[BlueCheese]

6. Nothing against old people...

... as I'm well on my way to becoming one. But I'm always surprised at how old our leaders are. Not too many other organizations where so many of the top folks are over 70 or even 80.