Since coming out publicly as bisexual, I realized a fantastic benefit in being able to play the gay card. Being gay is far less socially acceptable than any race, gays are subject to much more violence and harassment than other races, so the gay card > the race card. Although being a person who actually takes responsibility for all my own actions, I only use it to shut up people who try to tell me I can't know what discrimination is like because I'm white, or to make the point that even as a member of a minority group, I can still think logically and oppose stupid shit like hate crime laws.