"Indeed, white males have subjugated others perceived as different or inferior (i.e., ethnic and racial minorities, women, gays/lesbians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, etc.)." You actually believe that tripe? First, let's eliminate the obvious - Jews have done quite well in and for America. There is no shortage of billionaire Jews who have been integral to America's economic success. Many, MANY medical breakthroughs can be credited to Jewish doctors and scientists. I guess the White Guy conspiracy failed there.... Women? Until World War II, women stayed at home. Few wanted to go out and set the world on fire. They were wives and mothers, and that was fine with them. Once the war came and ended, we had a very short period of female activism that has resulted in female CEOs, female cabinet members, female Supreme Court justices, female senators, and female ANYTHING being quite common. I guess the White Guy conspiracy failed again..... and please don't forget that AT&T, headed up by old White Guys, was one of the first companies to hire more females than males, greatly increasing the number of women in the workforce. Blacks? Italians? Chinese? Irish? They ALL went through difficulties in being assimilated fully into American society. (BTW, you may note that two of those groups are "white guys.") We have had two Black Secretaries of State. We have a Black assopciate justice on the Supreme Court and let's not forget that we have a Black president. We have more Black millionaires in America than ever before. (This White Guy conspiracy is starting to sound downright incompetent.....) Now, if you'd care to open your mind and accept reality, you should study American history and realize that America was settled by White Guys who came from White Guy Europe. Any privledge or favor they enjoyed came from being the first to the party. They owned the land. They owned the water. They got here first - they owned everything. Did they do wrong? Sure. Slavery was wrong. The way we treated the Native Americans was wrong. But do not escape this fact: Those White Guys you love to hate basically built this nation. Of course women, Blacks, and lots of other demographic groups were involved and contributed. But those mean ol' White Guys were steering the ship. Men like Frick, Carnegie, Morgan, Rockefeller built the industrial giant that was America not because they were "subjugating" anyone, but because at the time, there WERE no women or Blacks ready to step up to the plate. America would never have reached the heights it did were it not for those mean ol' White guys! Ma'am, the day of blaming White males for all of society's ills ended about forty years ago. Since then, EVERYONE succeeds or fails on their own ability, intelligence, and perserverance. Failure will most assuredly come to those who say, "I can't" or "I quit" regardless of their race, gender, religion, or sexual preference. Perhaps EVERYONE will do better if we stop portraying ourselves as "poor, poor, pitiful me" victims, and got about the business of doing business.