I like this historical theme. They are a team , but with different goals. One has a goal of helping someone to freedom, the other to be free. Each one benefits in a different way. Nice.
Your sentence: I’m different than these other white men you meet.” might needs some work. I think the tense isn’t right, or something like that.
I’m different from all those other white men you’ve met.”
I’m different, I’m not like other Southern white men.
I’m not just any white man, I’m a Northerner.
So many ways to write that line, it is a hard one to formulate. But since it’s spoken, it;s not a big deal, I’m not there to correct the way he says it.
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