Check out this novel way of understanding privilege and take particular note of what she says about understanding why poor white males are so angry. https://www.ted.com/talks/eugenia_cheng_an_unexpected_tool_for_understanding_inequality_abstract_math I like what she says about how this can help people understand why "poor white males" are so angry, and that understanding that anger is more productive than being angry back. I want to emphasise this for anyone who has heard that ABC Radio documentary on Stainforth Court . The people causing most of the trouble are the people in most need. They are the people who have faced the worst difficulties, who are constantly demonised and blamed for societies problems. It takes a lot to push a person to a point that all they can express is violence, and those people deserve our compassion the most. Someone at housing implied that part of the problem is troubled males all grouped together. They even call it a "false comm
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