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Pissed off with friend - AIBU?

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LemonMeringueThreePointOneFour · 19/03/2021 19:46

Had a bit of a heated discussion with a friend about a week ago. He won't concede that he gets any advantage from being a) white, b) male and c) straight, but, conversely has a massive chip on his shoulder about being working class (despite being about the most middle class person I know - went to a RG uni, lives in a fancy apartment in a nice part of SW London, listens to Radio 3/4, shops in Waitrose, works for a broadsheet, etc.).

Frankly I think he's a bit of a covert misogynist, although he does have his good points. He also corrected something I said (I used the word "effectively" which he corrected to "in effect").

He then sent me a message simply saying, "Skype window" (i.e. it suits me to have a Skype call at this very minute). I just answered with a question mark, to which he responded, "I think you know what I mean."

AIBU in being royally pissed off at being "summoned" in this way?

OP posts:
RootyT00t · 20/03/2021 19:26

@MrsBobDylan

I don't think it is possible to have a decent conversation about this op, when there seem to be a significant number of posters who don't believe in this 'modern thing' of discussing discrimination.

My husband is white and was brought up in the North East in a very working class home. He has just bought the book "Why I no
Longer talk to white people about race" because he is interested to learn more about the ways in which white people shut people of colour down by defensiveness and denial.

Fwiw op, I think you were right to challenge your friend, I think he sounds the very embodiment of male white privilege.

Discussing discrimination is fine.

What you cant do is decide that anyone let alone your friend is privileged, lecture and patronise them, and then wonder why there are issues in your friendship.

Good for your husband, but it doesn't reflect the vast majority of people.

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