Interesting video... At the start of the video it looked like just another rant about white privilege, ignoring the fact that privilege doesn't mean that bad stuff won't happen to you, but, as a member of the privileged demographic one has an easier time dealing with those bad things than a marginalized person in the exact same circumstances, statistically speaking.
However, as the story progressed, despite his railing about privilege, the guy used his privilege to do what we're supposed to do with our privilege, and that is provide the guy with some good advice and attempt to help even the playing field.
Privilege isn't the problem, it's simply a fact, supported endlessly with statistics in almost every aspect of life. But having it doesn't make you a bad person on it's own. It's what you do, or don't do, with it that determines that. There is nothing that anyone can do to change the past, but we can look at our greater ability to help, based on our privilege, and do so. I don't ever get angry when I'm accused of having privilege, despite having an extraordinarily difficult past. I'm more interested in how I can use that privilege to make sure someone else doesn't have to have it as hard as I did, regardless of where their starting point is.
I don't agree with a lot of the libertarian themed stuff he was going off about, but I give a certain level of slack to Americans on this front because more so than most places that's just how you guys are wired...and sometimes, despite all that, the decency that America was once known for still shines through, and I think, despite slightly problematic framing and a failure to acknowledge that the playing field isn't level, the guy in the video is a decent guy. Most folks would have just talked smack about the encounter, and gone on with their lives. That he was willing to support the other guy despite the initial disconnect is a good lesson, especially if the outcome is as he predicts.
