# What the hell ever happened to the white American man? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-ever-happened-to-the-white-american-man/589551 "2011-07-19T06:20:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-ever-happened-to-the-white-american-man/589551/21 "2011-07-19T14:18:46Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Whatever happened to the archetypal white American man? Was he just a myth that never really existed? > > We were supposed to take care of business and our families and stride the world carrying progress on our shoulders, now we’re just cheap and angry little men stamping our feet. There is almost no grace, or nobility, or magnanimity out there. We’re all little Daffy Ducks shouting “Mine! Mine! Mine!” Nothing has changed, dude. Do you really think this “mine, mine, mine!” attitude is something _new_ for white men? Seriously? I don’t know how anyone familiar with history could possibly conclude this “new trend” that you’re complaining about is anything except 2000 years of tradition, quite frankly. It is exactly why white men enjoy disproportionate levels of power today. Because they are culturally programmed to scream “Mine! Mine! Mine!” The only thing that has changed is that society has become less accepting of white male self-entitlement. In previous decades, an angry little white man stamping his feet would get his way because others were too oppressed or ignorant to fight back. Nowadays, an angry little white man stamping his feet will more likely to be ignored, laughed at, or kicked out of office. That’s it. The idea that white men were ever expected to be full of grace, nobility, or magnanimity reads like a punchline to some Mark Twain joke. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-ever-happened-to-the-white-american-man/589551)._