text: I'm going to pitch in with something I haven't seen anyone else say. I agree with how you view privilege and all that. I'm not sure if you are white or not, but I'm assuming you aren't. It's not that you're wrong about privilege. It's just really really hard for people who have had a hard life to be told it could be worse and that they're lucky they're white. No one who is at rock bottom or who has been there before likes to have their experiences trivialized. That's why a lot of talk about "white privilege" falls on deaf white ears.