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

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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...

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