Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos Mark Zuckerberg and all the insecure white billionaires.

There’s a quiet anxiety that keeps resurfacing in public discourse — in comment sections, podcasts, policy debates, and among some of the wealthiest white men in America. It’s often dressed up as concern about “demographics” or framed through misused genetic language.

The claim is simple and alarming:
White people are disappearing because their genes are recessive.

It feels scientific. It feels urgent.
It is also false.

But the fear behind it is real — and revealing.

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Whiteness Was Built as a Position, Not a Lineage

Whiteness in the United States was never just an identity rooted in shared culture or ancestry. It was constructed as a default position of power — a social ranking defined by exclusion.

To be white historically meant:

You were presumed neutral

You were presumed competent

You were presumed entitled to authority

That kind of identity isn’t stable. It only works if it remains dominant.

So when society shifts — toward equality, inclusion, or shared power — some people experience that shift not as progress, but as disappearance.