> less than 1% who have a position of influence A big part of “We are the 99%” is, surely, the realization that less than 1% of all people have those coveted p

> less than 1% who have a position of influence A big part of “We are the 99%” is, surely, the realization that less than 1% of all people have those coveted positions of power. If they followed the same distribution as the population as a whole, which they don’t, something like 61.3% of that 1% would be white, 13% would be black etc. The distribution is heavily skewed towards white because for historic and cultural reasons it’s much easier for white people to get into that group. > it’s not a collective group Welcome to *ism 101. That’s when the properties of a minority are expanded to the whole group based on a trait. All white men are terrible, all black people wear saggy sweatpants, all hispanics clean toilets, and all white women want to speak to the manager Etc