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Entitlement Disorder

The Colonial Traditions of Power as White Male Resistance to Affirmative Action

Michigan State University

In the aftermath of Western colonization, White males have regarded previously colonized populations as less than equal in negotiating quality-of-life issues. By tradition, quality of life in America is the recapitulation of a colonialworld order. Despite government statistics to the contrary, White males are adamant about the unfair advantages of affirmative action for Black Americans. In objections to affirmative action, the perspectives of White male conservatives are distorted by power and sense of entitlement that manifests as entitlement disorder. Entitlement disorder is a need to dominate in whatever venture being considered. To know the functions of entitlement disorder will facilitate democracy by enabling Black Americans the same rights to quality of life as extended to White males via affirmative action during America’s preunion, industrialist era.

Key Words: affirmative action • entitlement • White • power • dysfunction

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 34, No. 4, 562-579 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934703259013


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