Old White Guy Snydrome
A couple of articles wove together for you today.
From Bellingham, WA News Tribune we read …
For the first time in 52 years, there will be no women on the City Council.
Now, the council looks more like it did in 1958.
And how about this from the Waterloo/Cedar Falls (IA) Courier …
Twenty-two candidates ran for city offices in Waterloo and Cedar Falls this fall. Every single one of them was a man.
I call this the old white guy syndrome.
Sure, there are a few minorities … and an even smaller pool of women … and an even smaller pool of minority women serving in local government across the nation, but for the most part it is old white guys like myself running local government.
I’ve never thought this was a good situation but I honestly don’t have a clue what to do about it.
There has to be some voodoo philosophical reason for this situation that I don’t understand.
So, a panel of voodoo philosophers have been invited to discuss this issue at the next Political Philosophy 101 Class.
Any comments from women on this issue?
Hello?
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