I should just stick to lj, my happiest of happy places. Yeah, there's this Nice Guy (TM) (who thankfully has no interest in me) who I've been friends-ish with for a while, and he said a load of really privileged things re: race, and I took him to town about it, and then he said I should "be careful with the phrase 'privileged white male.' It has dangerous implications."
And I was all WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SERIOUS? And then I launched off into a big long tirade (this was all on facebook, obvs) about how privilege is facts, yo (and I named all the ways I am) and that it's good to be called on it when you're blind to it and basically get over yourself.
And I haven't heard from him since. But since he was one of those people who always sets himself up as the victim in every circumstance and seems incapable of understanding that other people's lives might be harder than his, even if he never speaks to me, it'll be no great loss. It may make get-togethers with mutual friends awkward, but whatever. I've tried for years to enlighten him, and he just refuses to ever listen AND YET HE THINKS HE'S SO PROGRESSIVE. GRRRR!
Obviously, I still have rage about this. Sorry for rambling.
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I should just stick to lj, my happiest of happy places. Yeah, there's this Nice Guy (TM) (who thankfully has no interest in me) who I've been friends-ish with for a while, and he said a load of really privileged things re: race, and I took him to town about it, and then he said I should "be careful with the phrase 'privileged white male.' It has dangerous implications."
And I was all WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SERIOUS? And then I launched off into a big long tirade (this was all on facebook, obvs) about how privilege is facts, yo (and I named all the ways I am) and that it's good to be called on it when you're blind to it and basically get over yourself.
And I haven't heard from him since. But since he was one of those people who always sets himself up as the victim in every circumstance and seems incapable of understanding that other people's lives might be harder than his, even if he never speaks to me, it'll be no great loss. It may make get-togethers with mutual friends awkward, but whatever. I've tried for years to enlighten him, and he just refuses to ever listen AND YET HE THINKS HE'S SO PROGRESSIVE. GRRRR!
Obviously, I still have rage about this. Sorry for rambling.