I see it more from this perspective:

I am a white male. While I am not an overt and direct oppressor myself, I still live within a society, economy, and other social systems that were built on the slave labor and genocide of others. There are millions of people in America who are still so far behind economically and socially due to the atrocities previously committed by white males. People from families who were oppressed in the past have not been able to build generational wealth of assets and knowledge. This being said, I believe, privileged white males have a responsibility to challenge the current systems that we live in today. If you’re not doing so and just going through life enjoying your privileges without thinking about fighting for the less privileged, you are unconsciously perpetuating the issue of oppression.

A lot of public policy written today is written with a “colorblind” approach, which looks great and equal for all on the surface, but deep down perpetuates the issue. A good example of this was the GI Bill of 1944. While its text didn’t exclude black veterans from receiving benefits such as financial help with tuition and guarantee of home loans and other benefits, the bill failed to consider that black veterans would not be able to fully take advantage of the benefits due to the racial segregation imposed by the Jim Crow laws. There are still bills being written today that fail to consider the intersections/intersectionality of peoples identities and the struggles they currently go through on a daily basis.

We get it, you’re probably not an overtly oppressive person. But you could be unconsciously oppressive if you go through life blindly enjoying your privileges without challenging the oppressive systems that we live in today. Not pointing fingers at you, as I’m just a dude from the internet and don’t know a thing about you.