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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Trent Jonas is a graduate student studying English and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: White male privilege is alive and well: part I

Trent Jonas, Columnist February 6, 2023

As a middle-aged white guy from the Midwest, I do not have too much to complain about.  I am from what they used to call a “broken home”—my parents divorced when I was eight or nine. My mom suffered...

Katja Benz

COLUMN: Dear white people, it’s time to acknowledge our privilege

Katja Benz, Columnist January 31, 2022

I’m white. I’ve spent my life incredibly fortunate and lucky. There are so many people that aren’t so lucky. They get discriminated against just because of the color of their skin, which is something...

Tim Engles, an English professor, speaks at an event on Tuesday night called “White Man, Listen!” The event was held in room 4440 in Booth Library. “Angry white men… That’s basically my topic here,” Engles states after mentioning how he studies white masculinity. Engles spoke about white life novels, and read about Savage Holiday, a book by Richard Wright.

Presentation discusses white male privilege, Kavanaugh

Tom O’Connor, Staff Reporter February 13, 2019

Eastern professor Tim Engles highlighted Richard Wright’s diagnostic of the resentment fueling white men in his novel “Savage Holiday,” citing the parallels between an angry white character and Supreme...

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