On white male, hetro privilege.

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119. stop focusing on yourself- the "guilt" you feel,

the things that have been done to you- the ways in which you believe you've fought for the rights of others- the money you've given.

The Trayvon Martin murder shouldn't cause you to feel guilt, unless you defend the killing. Unless you deny that there is a very real and deadly prejudice still at work in our society.

Feeling guilty doesn't solve anything. Seeing injustice- being motivated to stop it from continuing and refusing to deny its existance is the only way to help end the cycle.

If you are tired, then rest. In spite of what you may have intended to say with your OP, what comes through to me is someone saying "hey, stop complaining about the fact that you are being treated unfairly- my struggles are just as difficult as yours.

The incidents you speak of in the first part of your post- being homeless, being poor, being pulled over by police would most likely have not resolved themselves as well as they did for you, were you not -by accident of birth- a white, hetro, male.

You can't change 'who' you are- nor should you feel the need to- but you, and all of us who make up this society can and should continue to work to change the unequal and unjust system that exists.