I love to sit back and observe people, especially by group/ethnicity/etc. White people have this ingrained tendency to continue to shrug and bear it. They will go out of their way, make their lives more miserable, all to avoid any confrontation. It is both a strength and a weakness. I certainly suffer from it as well, despite being conscious of it.
Watching White Boomers make complete asses out of themselves, trying to avoid the reality of the situation they helped to created and attacking those suffering from it is an extreme example. They want to escape reality and confrontation with the evils of our society and talk about "stop buying $5 lattes and stop eating out" as if that will close the gap on the economic disaster young people face.
It's interesting that you bring up the white person's approach to the increased costs of living.
Every minority group that I meet usually has some kind of support system that their community provides, to give some kind of a break from the situation. But for whites, it seems like it has been indoctrinated to live one your own at 18 and work your way to the top by yourself.
Such an odd mindset, which works wonders for the few who are successful, but awful for the majority.