Name A Right That A Straight WM Has Ever Had To Fight For.....

[Rockholm]

Seriously, think about it and let me know.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. Change the title to straight white rich male and I'll agree.

Otherwise, I'll introduce you to the Trade Union movement.

[jpgray]

6. Yep, many persecuted white people have existed and will continue to exist

You could say they have had much less of a battle in this country than others, but you can't say that persecution has only been along gender or racial lines.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. Depends if you consider Independence from an Empire a right.

[Rockholm]

25. You are right. Let's make that a straight, white rich male.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

27. Hop.

That was me hopping on board.

[Whitacre D_WI]

2. The right to party.

[StopTheMorans]

3. damn you!

beat me to it:)

[Rockholm]

5. I knew that was coming eventually!

[NuckinFutz]

4. family leave...

taking leave to care for wife and new baby, etc.

[Iris]

7. Not to be drafted?

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. the right to have custody of one's children after divorce

or sometimes, even to see one's children

[democratreformed]

38. This was gonna be my answer n/t

[Feanorcurufinwe]

9. The right not to be stereotyped as simply a 'Straight WM'.

In fact, the battled is still engaged, we are all still fighting to be judged as individuals rather than as a 'Straight WM' or a 'Gay BF' etc.

[dweller]

10. Custody rights as a parent

been there.

dp

[BiggJawn]

32. Me Too.

Not fun. Your ex can act like Courtney Love and still get the kids, but YOU have to look and act like Mr. Rogers to get custody.

[dweller]

34. agree, not fun

luckily my kids were young, and don't have a good memory of the trials and tribulations.

long story, short version: I was given full custody, they are happy well adjusted teens.

i couldn't have asked for more.
dp

[starroute]

11. The right to marry a black woman (n/t)

[Parrcrow]

12. the right to be seen as not part of the problem

[KG]

14. the right to collective barganing

unionizing.

[Fenris]

15. The right to not practice a religion

[KG]

18. or, sometimes. the right to practice a religion.

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. the right to be single without people thinking he's gay or a pedophile

or otherwise just an odd bat

(same goes for the single women as well, of course)

[NightTrain]

21. You said it, daddy-o!

:thumbsup:

[arcane1]

17. hey man, straight WM's have fought HARD for the right...

to own slaves

to lynch blacks

to restrict women's voting rights

etc

:silly:

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. right to collective bargaining and organized labor

[shekina]

20. right to vote

that's one

[mobuto]

22. The right to vote?

I think that would count. It wasn't until the 1820s, fifty years after the Revolution, that all US citizens were allowed to vote (citizens being white men, regardless of sexual orientation). Before that time, property restrictions limited the franchise only to the wealthy.

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. The right to self-governance, and the right not to be ruled by

foreign powers, like Japan, Germany, Britain, etc.

[JAbuchan08]

24. The rights of others? I have a vested interest in them

I can't think of a right that has been denied me *because* I'm a straight white male, but I can think of instances in which being a straight white male hasn't excluded me from being opressed. Being called "faggot" in High School wasn't prevented by being a straight white male. Being called "trailer-trash" is probably at least partly a function of being white. Just because those societal labels do not lead to discrimination towards me in general it does not nessecarily follow that as a straight white male I've never had to fight for my rights. There was the little matter of the restraunt I worked at where the hispanic kids specifically exluded me from having bacon for breakfast one day. Not that I want to make a big deal about it, but that is an example of being treated unfairly because of who I am.

[bushbegone04]

26. To be free of the rule of England - remember? n/t

[INTELBYTES]

28. The right to apply for a "United Negro College Fund" grant

The right to lactate

The right to join the YWCA

The right to apply for a business grant under a minority status.

[Iris]

29. Lactating is not a right, men can join the YWCA, and

how about joining the Lions Club or the Rotary Club or something to help with your business prospects?

[johnnie]

30. The right to..

Smoke grass, and the right to drink alcohol. I guess those count....right?

[Exultant Democracy]

31. The Vote, Religion, right to unionize

The right to own property, the right not to have your wife slept with by a lord on your wedding night, the list goes on and on.

[KamaAina]

33. The right to enter his county courthouse

The straight WM in question uses a wheelchair.

http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/drn/tennvlane011204.html

Disability rights activists plan to crawl up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court at 9 a.m.tomorrow as oral arguments begin in the case Tennessee v. Lane. Activists in San Diego, Sacramento, Memphis and cities in Texas will be "Crawling for Justice" at federal court houses as well.

"The event is intended to illustrate the humiliation George Lane and others have been forced to endure," says ADAWatch.. Lane, one of the plaintiffs, had to crawl up the stairs to a Tennessee courtroom because the courthouse, like many in Tennessee, was not accessible, in violation of Title 2 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Lane, who lost a leg in a traffic accident, went to the Polk County courthouse in September 1996 to answer charges of driving with a revoked license.

[INTELBYTES]

35. We can't join the "Black Caucaus"

We can't join the "Hispanic Caucaus"

and we sure can't start a Caucasian Caucaus!

[VOX]

36. The right not to be company property. The right not to be killed on a job.

The right to not have to work as a child. The right to collective bargaining. The right to make a living wage. The right to worship (or not) as he chooses. The right to not take up arms and kill if his spiritual background prevents him from doing so. The list is long.

There have always been WEALTHY straight WM, and then there are the rest of us. True, we may not have all the cards in the deck stacked against us, but it has been a long, historic haul for *all* who have had to fight for a decent living in this world.

[buddhamama]

37. non-rich land owning White Males

in the U.S. couldn't vote at one time.

[mvd]

39. The right to say things..

without always being accused of racism, sexism, homophobia. In many cases the accusations are right, but there are exceptions.

[sir_captain]

40. Yeah, this is pretty ridiculous

One can support the rights of minorities, and women, etc, and not also have to shit on white men. This country was founded by persecuted white men, after all.

And I suppose that not everyone considers Jewish people to be caucasian, but lord knows Jews have had to fight for their rights constantly.

Point being, let's try to be constructive instead of starting "bash whitey" posts like this one.