We Need Progress
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Title
We Need Progress
Subject
Student author, who identifies as "Caucasian, upper-middle class, cis-gendered, heterosexual, secular-Protestant, healthy, American male" describes the "us- vs- them" mentality that he sees unfolding on campus and warns against it.
Description
Volume 112, Number 25
Creator
Alex Newshouse
Publisher
The Campus
Date
05/08/2014
Contributor
Alex Newshouse
Coverage
"There has been a shocking amount of generalizing and even anger directed toward these facts of my birth over the years from people I attempt to talk to about equality."
"When people throw around terms like 'white privilege' and 'male privilege, and sometimes even invoke them to explain some aspect of my life, I feel uncomfortable and demeaned."
"When I hear someone explain away a student's success with white privilege, I feel angry. Society absolutely needs to fixed, but I and most other individuals have done nothing to promote or flaunt our privilege and instead wish to raise everyone up to the same level for good."
"When people throw around terms like 'white privilege' and 'male privilege, and sometimes even invoke them to explain some aspect of my life, I feel uncomfortable and demeaned."
"When I hear someone explain away a student's success with white privilege, I feel angry. Society absolutely needs to fixed, but I and most other individuals have done nothing to promote or flaunt our privilege and instead wish to raise everyone up to the same level for good."
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Alex Newshouse, “We Need Progress,” Archives of Anti-Racist Activism, accessed October 27, 2026, https://twilightprojectantiracistrecords.middcreate.net/items/show/594.