Am I doing something wrong?

I'm a 30 year old black female and I'm talking to(not in a relationship but was considering it) a 54 year old black male. Sometimes I get confused when I'm talking/interacting with him. The stuff I'm going to mention are kinda scattered incidents...

A lot of times when we talk he takes these long pauses while talking. Sometimes it can be a minute or longer. At first I thought he was just done talking about whatever it was he was speaking on. He ended up telling me he wasn't and felt I was interrupting him if I started to speak or bring up a new topic. So I stopped and now I'll just wait.

He says he wants to educate me but keep assuming I'm not listening to him. One time he was telling me about stocks and I was confused so I asked a question about what he mentioned. He said I was changing the subject. Sometimes he'll mention stuff he doesn't like and I'll ask him why and he doesn't give a reason. He's mentioned to me multiple times he hates when I sleep with my bonnet or how he likes straight hair. I wear my bonnet to prevent my hair from drying and tangling and I've explained this to him before. I ask him why he's always telling me he hates my bonnet and he says he doesn't have a reason and he isn't trying to change me.

If I mention stuff I don't like or disagree with him he gets upset so I don't mention anything. He told me he doesn't like talking to people challenging his views. He was telling me something about black people being the first Americans and I didn't agree with him. He thought I was trying to change his views on social issues when I simply disagreed with him.

He's also gotten upset about me mentioning stuff about his rugs before. I was washing his dishes and I asked him how often he cleans his rugs because my socks were always getting dirty on them. I actually hesitated to mention this because I didn't want him to think I was attacking him. He got upset and told me to figure out how to clean his rugs. Am I doing something wrong?