reverse sexism?

Scanning the syllabus for the class that provided my negative entry to school, I noticed something odd. The textbook, The Best American Essays seems fairly well balanced, with perhaps 60% of the essays written by women writers. The assignments are to read eight essays written by women, and four written by men. Of those, I'm guessing that only two are white. So, that means that the white male perspective comprises 15% of the class. This may explain why I felt minimilized my first day out. Though the class is approximately 50% white male, our perspective is of low importance.

This bothers me less than it might appear; some of my favorite writers are women. Nevertheless, the disparity is somewhat alarming. When the pendulum swings too far the other way, somebody gets gonged. Like I did, the first day.