Missing: SWM

Let's pour one out for the poor, straight white man and the horrible afflictions he finds himself oppressed by in these deeply troubling times. It's appalling and no one seems to want to talk about it.

Well, except Marjorie Taylor Greene and an esteemed advertising colleague of mine, who doctored the photo above to point out the glaring and disturbing absence of the SWM. 

I won't quote the latter, because he doesn't deserve any unearned eyeballs. But I will share the "wit and wisdom" of the former who said (in a video) that:

"There's not a lot of lobbyists here for regular Mr. and Mrs. American, you know like mom and pop shops...the average white male trying to climb the corporate ladder, when his problem is being white and male, so there's not people in here fighting for regular Americans"

You can catch her stellar and articulate delivery here.

Let's unpack a little of that shall we? 

Let's start with regular Mr. and Mrs. American. Who is that Marjorie? Are we to gather that regular Mr. and Mrs. Americans don't include Hispanics, Asians or People of Color? Or does regular not apply to them. As if the agreed upon Default Setting for American is a White Male or Female? 

Oh and before anyone makes assumptions, let's be clear, I don't identify as a white male. According to MTG and her semi-minded followers, I, a man of Hebraic Seasonings, didn't make the cut and belong to a group commonly referred to as Mud People. 

You know, the same group as Jesus.

Furthermore, it's clear she believes the only people running Mom & Pop shops are all equally homogenized and whose birthday suits included no melanin.

Moving on, let's look out over the landscape of America. Who among the various groups of people, homeless folks, veterans, single mothers, poverty stricken seniors, needs the most help? Apparently it's the   average white male struggling to climb the corporate ladder. 

While you're looking over that landscape, you better avert your eyes to the mahogany-laden C-suites in America's Fortune 500 companies. Because despite the advancements of DEI, 90% of those over-furnished offices are exclusively white and male. And have been since someone invented the calendar.

The fact is, and I hate to break it to the scholar from North Georgia, or the self-unaware bro-dude from advertising, if there's one group of people who has reaped the unearned rewards of their skin color and their sexuality in the 5,000 - 10,000 years of modern civilization, it would unanimously and undeniably be the Straight White Male. 

And now, because they don't have lobbyist groups and no longer show up in TV commercials, life's laughable lottery winners want to claim they're the victims.

Color me amused.