We white people, you see, are the only group that cannot think of ourselves as a distinct group with specific interests. We are the only group that is not allowed to elect leaders based on their membership in our group and their commitment to our interests. We whites are the race that should not speak its name. Instead, we whites are meant to pretend that we do not exist as a people, but only as adherents of the abstract ""color-blind"" ideology of human equality. According to that ideology, we have to give away our wealth and power, degrade our standards, corrupt our culture and institutions, and reduce ourselves to a minority.