--- title: "2 Angry-young-man Quotes By Michael S. Kimmel" description: "2 Angry-young-man quotes by Michael S. Kimmel. Plus more from Michael S. Kimmel and more Angry-young-man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/michael-s-kimmel-58334_angry-white-males_to-be-white-or-straight-or-male-or-middl_1153923.jpg" --- > [“To be white, or straight, or male, or middle class is to be simultaneously ubiquitious and invisible. You’re everywhere you look, you’re the standard against which everyone else is measured. You’re like water, like air. People will tell you they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-kimmel/to-be-white-or-straight-or-male-or-middle-class-is-to-be/) [Michael S. Kimmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-kimmel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/michael-s-kimmel-58334_angry-white-males_to-be-white-or-straight-or-male-or-middl_1153923.jpg) > [“Take a little thought experiment. Imagine all the rampage school shooters in Littleton, Colorado; Pearl, Mississippi; Paducah, Kentucky; Springfield, Oregon; and Jonesboro, Arkansas; now imagine they were black girls from poor families who lived instead in Chicago, New Haven, Newark,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-kimmel/take-a-little-thought-experiment-imagine-all-the-rampage-school/) [Michael S. Kimmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-kimmel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/michael-s-kimmel-58334_anger_take-a-little-thought-experiment-imagine_2246359.jpg) ## More by Michael S. Kimmel > [“So, who are they really, these hundred thousand white supremacists? They're every white guy who believed that this land was his land, made for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-kimmel/so-who-are-they-really-these-hundred-thousand-white-supremacists-they/) [Michael S. 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