Why “The Lost Generation” is a Lost Opportunity

The Problem with Jacob Savage's Viral Article on Millennial White Men.

Jacob Savage’s just-released article in Compact, “The Lost Generation,” has generated huge buzz online, with some calling it the article of the year and well-known commentators such as Abigail Shrier calling it “the single best long-form piece I have read in a very long time.”

At first blush it is easy to see reasons for their enthusiasm. Savage writes compellingly and examines in exhaustive detail and with many references to his personal story, the dispossession of and discrimination against young white men that has rapidly accelerated over much of the last decade or so.

As someone who has spent a great deal of time during that same era writing and talking about the subject of anti-White racism and highlighting data and anecdotes similar to those the author has unearthed, most particularly in my book The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart, you might expec…