My privilege as a straight, white, cisgender, middle class thin male

[Thumpalumpacus]

Nor do I- ideally- think that discussions on privilege need be guilt trips; recognition does not necessarily confer guilt or blame. You're right: if you can't control something you shouldn't be guilty over it. But the fact that you can't control it also doesn't mean it ceases to exist.

Of course it doesn't. But that doesn't seem to be the OP's aim.

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To wit:

White people can be victims of racism but they can't be oppressed

This is nonsense. I've twice been forced to retest for firefighting positions based on the fact that too many whites succeeded in the hiring process. The fact is that I couldn't get two jobs because I was white, even though I excelled in the physical and mental qualifications.

I'm not complaining -- the old boys' network in those fire departments needed to be broken -- but the fact is that I was denied employment opportunities based on the fact that I was white, and nothing else.