> ...it's a complex systems problem... I very much agree with you. Look, I don't consider hn readers to be some elite crowd of "great men" (no offense everybo

> ...it's a complex systems problem... I very much agree with you. Look, I don't consider hn readers to be some elite crowd of "great men" (no offense everybody). My point wasn't about "great men solving the problem" of inequity. Rather, this was an opportunity for me to speak to an audience whose privilege might often shield them from the downstream realities of the consequences of their actions, from the stakes. This particular issue is very important to me and hits very, very close to home. > We dismantle it, or it destroys us. "We" is who I was addressing (not so much "great men"). I'm aware that people reading this website have a certain kind of agency. The fact that this is a systemic issue means that it's on each of us to critically awaken to the world in ways that stretch us outside of our comfort zones, and to discover our agency in dismantling systems of oppression. It doesn't absolve people of privilege from doing the hard work, nor does it absolve oppressed people of theirs.