Fed up with racism, many Black Americans are leaving the US - Los Angeles Times

Having my "white passing" only ever matter when it was being used by proto-IdPolers to exclude me from receiving help because of it. Then having it strategically disappear when finding out that certain people had low expectations (of Mexicans) and therefore low interest in me or disappear during the times I found out that I was not considered qualified for certain jobs because suddenly I was apparently too Mexican when it came to being offered executive company positions that I was actually trained, educated, experienced and ready for, or whenever I generally just needed some stability or a leg up in society. Racism? Lol Nah! I'm both too privileged and also not privileged enough! Golly darn it!

Despite all that, I finally learned how to play the game and end up running regional divisions of extremely profitable businesses and starting to pay off my debt. Yep, despite my overwhelming privilege I'm actually able to feed and house myself, yay!

Until I was stupid enough to answer honestly, "Yes, I am gay, why?" when directly asked by my African American meathead superior at a non-work, casual function that I was specifically invited to. Only to come into work the next day noticing that there was some kind of weird vibe shift and over the next couple of weeks start noticing random coworkers who never mentioned it before asking shit like "wait, so you like, really are gay?"

Then start noticing obvious evidence of shenanigans being pulled such as reports I turned in somehow going missing and copies of paperwork I signed having inexplicably blank signature lines, among a bunch of other bullshit until that same Meathead called me into the first and only disciplinary meeting to let me know that "Given the sudden decrease in your work quality, I've spoken to my boss (one of the many skanks in the office that he was cheating on his wife with) and it's been decided that you'll be on probation for the next 90 days. In the meantime here's a form you need to sign agreeing that should I find any further mistakes within the next 30 days you agree to either quit or be fired and you also agree to arbitration only and therefore forfeit any right to sue. Did you want to keep your job or leave today?" Basically go broke or sign now. Eventually, during my obviously inevitable firing, it turned out that 30-day fire/quit form was the only one with a copy that wasn't suspiciously devoid of my signature. Go figure. Homophobia? Nah, I'm too privileged, remember?

Many years later, now that my life has been entirely ruined by medical debt from an intractable, pre-ACA protections Epilepsy I find myself on the brink of Gotta-Find-An-Overpass Homelessness, I come to find out that even after the enforcements of the current IdPol religious doctrines, somehow I'm once again just to white to access any of the many race-based assistance programs but also I'm just a boring old "homonormative" gay and since I don't want to change sexes there are no shelters with any beds open that can accommodate me. Hmmm... And btw, "How dare you try to take from truly needy people? Especially with all your "cis" gay privilege, because it's people like you who have oppressed women and train conductors your whole life. Well good luck but now it's their turn, Sir, have a seat." Not-Mexican-enough-too-cis-gay-not-a-train-phobia? Nah!!! It's just that now I am officially way too privileged No matter how you slice it. Didn't ya know?

Meanwhile I would love to experience the privilege of even having the financial capability to escape our current America and galavant off to find some other country where, for once in my life, I can actually get just a tiny taste of what this whole privilege thing is since I have apparently been breezing through life and coasting on it for almost 40 years. I'm sure this woman could teach me so much about how horrifically I've oppressed everyone around me throughout my life too!