Tangentially related, the other day a coworker was whining about how unfair life was, and how he, as a straight white male, faces more discrimination on a daily basis than anyone else in America.

I just kind of stared at him silently until he stopped talking.

When he started going on about how the mean old IRS took SO MUCH of his business sale and MADE HIM pay his employees some of it "like they deserve any of it" and how he shouldnt have to work another day in his life but has to because all his millions got stolen by the gubment

No, they uphold laws for rich people. The racism helps with keeping them focused on a culture war instead of them realizing the rich people are fucking over the cops as much as they are the poors.

Or hoping to be seen as “one of the good ones.” It’s narcissistic self-preservation by attaching themselves to the very people who would be oppressing them. Like joining a prison gang to avoid getting murdered, but then you need to actually do gang shit to stay in and keep your protection.