The old white man

For the evils of this world, the current debate primarily identifies one culprit: the old white man. He represents colonialism, racism, and sexism, and is held responsible for both global poverty and the destruction of nature, and of course, climate change. But how did he become the scapegoat and what lies behind this collective accusation? Norbert Bolz analyzes the term and shows that the old white man has become the central symbolic figure in a cultural civil war. "Old" stands for tradition and experience, "white" for European rationality and technological mastery over nature, and "male" for courage, risk, and self-assertion. It becomes clear that in this increasingly ruthless conflict, it is not about those being insulted, but about the foundations of the Western world.


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