Except thats not how white people live their life, thats how all people live their life. Thats the American mindset and we are all afflicted.
You dont get to tell me how I live my life; and how I feel regarding people. You dont get to tell me what my experience is.
-that I have not gotten jumped for defending the bullied kid
-for being the only white person in an urban school
-that my brother and best childhood friend were gay
-that I live on the edge of homelessness.
-Or that I worked as a male exotic dancer catering to all types.
And you dont get to tell me how insensitive I am when I served our country or when I donate almost 40 hours a month to volunteer work; for the homeless, for the mentally and physically ill, or their ilk.
You dont get to make those assumptions and stereotype me and then get off explaining about how bad stereotypes are. And thats why you are closed minded.
Not only did you pull the "you're not the boss of me" trope, you added in the "Some of my best friends are..." one to boot.
I don't care about those details of your life, incidentally. This is not some personal thing where I'm calling you out and you hand me a small list to prove that you are a super sensitive good guy, honest.
You made comments, I am responding to said comments. You are acting like a privileged white male, you get told you are one. None of the stuff you listed is even relevant.
-Defending a bullied kid once in awhile does nmot mean you understand what the bullied kid is experiencing
-that's nice but how is it relevant? You're giving me one situation in which you were outnumbered racially, which is sort of unimportant. I went to a mostly black school for a year myself. It was a rather awkward attempt at integration. It has no bearing on the privileges I recieve in the real world for being white. Those are still there, those are still systemic.
-I know I know, some of your best friends... Being close to gay people doesn't give you the right to insult and demean them as a whole.
-Don't talk to me about poverty. Class is another issue entirely, and I'm probably just as poor as you are. It doesn't change the privileges you receive for your skin colour, sexuality, and gender.
-Dancing for money doesn't make you knowledgeable in anything but how to dance for the best tips.