I just got home from my daughter's graduation from Colorado College. One of the speakers was Bro Adams, the head honcho at the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Bro was awesome. Bro talked about how a liberal arts education is the best education ever devised for young people if you're talking about how to care for each other in a way that's good for everyone.
No, really. He DID that. He wasn't a pompous white asshole male at ALL. If I can get the tape of his speech, I'll post it in the comments, because it was SO good even to me who has most, if not all, of her barriers up when white males start talking.
Which brings me back to my question.
How can I ... How can we parents who have white sons talk to them so that they don't have to choose between being the ASSHOLE or being the WUSS. What can I say to my white WASP son to make him feel like he has a place in society for the next several decades? That his existence doesn't depend on him and people who look and act like him, whether it be via skin tone or genitalia, being the top dog? That he can be cool with his mother who fights like hell for all the rest of us and that we need his voice, too?
This is a sincere question. I am seeking sincere discussion. Thank you.