That's an observation as plain and persuasive as the whiteness I see when I look in the mirror. Though Wise stops there, much of what's been written about these shootings dwells on the spiritual emptiness and competitiveness of the kind of mostly white, relatively af uent suburbs similar to the one where I live. We parents are not blind to having acquiesced to a super- competitive upbringing for our kids. It seems our kids are soft when the struggle of poorer kids is so much more daunting. But pointing the nger at spiritual emptiness to explain what's going on strikes me as facile.
Alienation is the usual and normal state of middle-class white American adolescents.
White dysfunctionality, for instance. If you're not a member of Reconsi D er and would like to join please fill out our membership form . And be sure to visit our website . Click here to unsubscribe to this mailing list.