It looks like the people he's arguing with seem to believe rich people shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion on economic matters ("check your privilege"), so props to him even if his essay does read like a too-thick thesaurus.
He's focusing more on race/gender than class in the essay.
White males, then. My post stays the same. The phrase "check your privilege" is not a legitimate response to any political debate because it implies that people the speaker sees as "privileged" (which is weirdly a bit of an insult in America; leftists use it to refer to "the 1%" and rightists use it to refer to "welfare queens") don't really have the right to an opinion on whatever topic is being discussed.
A classic example of how the whole "privilege" argument constantly sweeps up white-passing minorities and essentially makes them victims twice, first at the hands of white supremacy and then at the hands of those trying to make them pay for white supremacy even if they never benefited from it.
He's taking the wrong messages from his experience. He has some points, though - he's apparently being treated poorly and disregarded for the crimes of his oppressors.
LOL. Are you seriously arguing Jews are not "white"? I've never heard anyone besides actual neo-Nazis make that claim.
I don't think Jews are
necessarily white, but it depends -- a light-complexioned Jew whose family has been in the US since 1900 is definitely white, but a dark-complexioned Jew whose family came in 1995 (ahem) may be seen as not-white by some people and white by others. In either case, in modern America no substantive discrimination against Jews and I don't think Fortgang's Jewishness is really relevant to the story.
EDIT: On this very forum once opebo told me once that I was wrong to think of myself as white.
Also, could we not advocate for the murder of an innocent Jewish guy in the title? Would make me a bit more comfortable.
Man, you've gotta calm down a couple notches. Do you go about your daily life in fear of the goyim?
