might do elsewhere. I went to this guy's blog and read his response to the replies of the original articles. In reading those replies I have decided that I extremely dislike him as a person. Egotistical and Naive. I don't think even he knows just how little he gets it. Good day sirs. That wasn't the point of the article though. It wasn't aimed at straight white men who are aware of their own privilege and check it. It's explaining privilege to those who don't understand that they have it. You clearly understand that being a straight white man makes your life inherently easier than a gay woman of colour, regardless of other circumstances, So this article was not aimed at you, but at those who do not understand their privilege. You'll note at the end that he says that you do not get a choice - he's not berating people for BEING straight white men, but rather explaining to those who do not understand aspects of their own privilege how privilege operates. While it is a generalization, it's fairly accurate. In my boyfriend's accounting classes the lecturer straight up tells the Indian/Asian/PoC students that they will have a lot more trouble finding internships and work because the industry has a buttload of predjudice. It's not always true, but in Australia and America it generally is. Can't wait until in one or two generations everyone will be so mixed race that racism becomes literally impossible. I get it. It's not