Things I Never, Ever Want to Hear Again 13 years ago
The underground railroad was composed of compassionate white people forming a network of hospitality and discretion. Both suffrage movements would have been for naught without the vote and voice of white males. You might think that things are different, but institutional oppression is plain and simply impossible for the oppressed group to overcome without either (1) revolution, or (2) allies among the privileged.
And really, it's the little things that count; it's not much more effort to be part of the solution that it is to disparage those that perceive the problem.