Hell, the same ones denying male privilege are denying white privilege

[hfojvt]

65. not buying it already

because there is no clear demarcation of excrement. Some white people are putting up with all kinds of excrement, and some non-white people are not putting up with nearly as much. There is not a clear demarcation between white and non-white.

True, the excrement that white people put up with, other than a rare exception like Reginald Denny and some other white people targetted partially because of their race. But usually the excrement they put up with is not because of race.

Then you mentioned Trayvon.

And I remember walking to church one day, crossing the street, and cutting across the parking lot of the Christian church. I looked both ways and saw a cop half a block away signalling for a right turn. Except for some reason, he went straight ahead and went around the block, checking me out.

Apparently he thought a white male walking to church was suspicious.

Another time I was standing in front of the library waiting for a song on my walkman to end before going into the library. Cop waves me over "what are you doing?" and I have to spend a couple minutes (and also stop the song I was listening to) explaining that I am going to the library. He says "oh, I didn't know the library was open on Sundays." So I said "I guess you'd know that, IF YOU EVER READ A BOOK!!!"

Well, those weren't my exact words.

My homeless friend John B, thought it was funny though when the cop asked "Are you new in town?" and I said "No, I've lived here for six weeks."

And the other example about straight people not getting beaten up. How do you know? Once walking around the capital at night in Lincoln, Ne (where I lived right across the street in slum apartments) it crossed my minds that there had been reports of "gay bashing" in that neighborhood. Well if a bunch of a$$hole thugs are going around looking for somebody to beat up, how are they gonna know I am not gay?

MY point is that there is a lot more excrement that a poor person has to put up with, such that it is highly insulting to tell such a person that they are privileged, especially if the person doing the telling has a much higher income.

I was told to "stop feeling sorry for myself" and at the same time was told "to have sympathy for Oprah".

I mean, how dare a white male who is working poor (sort of) talk about his own troubles and deny his own privileges?

Because the excrement you avoid by being white and male is not nearly as great as the excrement that hits you for being poor.

I never said that non-whitemales don't count. Lots of them are poor too, but in general, I don't have all that much sympathy for non-whites or non-males who are non-poor, especially for the 50% who are above the median income.