Whenever i get into conversations about the pandemic of suicidal gunmen in this country, i always cite this article by Gloria Steinem written shortly after Columbine ten years ago. I just found an online version of it to share...
"These "senseless" killings begin to seem less mysterious when you consider that they were committed disproportionately by white, non-poor males, the group most likely to become hooked on the drug of superiority. It's a drug pushed by a male-dominant culture that presents dominance as a natural right; a racist hierarchy that falsely elevates whiteness; a materialist society that equates superiority with possessions, and a homophobic one that empowers only one form of sexuality."
http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/pwork/0106/010618.htm
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