Tim Cook wrote:
> While many white men feel marginalised by these things, one must 
> consider the very real notion that, for much of recorded history, males 
> in general (and white males in the Western societies) *have* abused 
> their positions of power,

Wait, worse than the Asians abused their positions of power? Worse than the 
africans abused their positions of power over other africans?  Worse than 
the native americans in power over other native americans? Why are white 
people in power buying black slaves worse than the black people in power 
buying black slaves? Why is white people conquering India worse than Japan 
invading China?

I strongly suspect it's because the white folks know their own history much 
better than they know the history of other cultures. Quick, without looking, 
what was going on in Africa and India during the medieval ages? Who were the 
power players?

And, interestingly enough, when you look around the world today, where do 
you see the *most* civil rights?  What countries are the ones where people 
are *shocked* by abuses rather than saying "we really should get them to 
change that"?

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