Because intersectionality cuts both ways and we've only been talking about one of them.
By the new definition of 'middle class' (which now includes people up to their eyeballs in debt), the middle class would call me a 'rich dude' even though millionaires would tolerate my presence at an event but not be that happy about it. I see this every time I am given bad news about a large bill for the vet or repairs and they are visibly surprised when I just reach for the wallet instead of argue. You are a rich dude, dude.
But I've noticed that I am comfortable in other situations where my white dude peers are not and it's because I belong to other privilege groups that they don't. Like physicality. Which I think speaks to how people react when you point out their privileges, because there is always somebody who has it better off and if you are jealous of other people, it rots your brain. Sympathizing with people who are jealous of you while you are insanely jealous of others takes some internal work that people don't want to do.
By the new definition of 'middle class' (which now includes people up to their eyeballs in debt), the middle class would call me a 'rich dude' even though millionaires would tolerate my presence at an event but not be that happy about it. I see this every time I am given bad news about a large bill for the vet or repairs and they are visibly surprised when I just reach for the wallet instead of argue. You are a rich dude, dude.
But I've noticed that I am comfortable in other situations where my white dude peers are not and it's because I belong to other privilege groups that they don't. Like physicality. Which I think speaks to how people react when you point out their privileges, because there is always somebody who has it better off and if you are jealous of other people, it rots your brain. Sympathizing with people who are jealous of you while you are insanely jealous of others takes some internal work that people don't want to do.