The two are not mutually exclusive.

The fact is worrying and getting angry about things like cultural appropriation is something one can only do if they have the time and energy to.

Most laborers are too concerned about being able to pay their bills, provide for their dependents and too tired from difficult labor to get that upset about a Chinese Basketball player wearing dreads.

Is it not though? Is the fundamental reason for most of these not the disempowerment of middle-class worker?

Sometimes one must examine the criticism of the "other side" rather than simply writing them off as "racist" or "heretic" (depending on the century).

It may turn out that there's some interesting points being made, and you almost walked into one yourself.

What if a lot of these luxury beliefs promulgated by the elite are really just conscience laundering / overt cover for all the bad things you point out they do covertly (strike breaking / bribery / fraud / etc)?

It's a thought worth examining and has non-zero merit.

Some of my trendiest, leftiest friends (hey and I vote all-dem, all the time myself) are actually far richer but come from family money. And many of them are less white/straight/male than me! And many of them have strongly ironic ideas about things..

Greta IG re-posting "climate change is an existential crisis", while owning big ICE SUVs and flying 10x/year. "Soak the rich" (because their dad bought their condo for them in cash and their lifestyle doesn't depend on the high income they believe should be taxed). SATs are racist (but THEIR kid got all the SAT prep / coaching / etc to ensure access to the best school). AOC good & "billionaires shouldn't exist", but happily spend summers crashing in their boarding school friends mansion whose father is a well known but politically quieter CEO.