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Yes, I look at the people I grew up around in a poor-to-working class neighborhood in Chicago and I feel guilty that most of them didn't get the same opportunit
by ritchiea 9y ago
Yes, I look at the people I grew up around in a poor-to-working class neighborhood in Chicago and I feel guilty that most of them didn't get the same opportunity I did to do better. I was bused to better schools because of my test scores, I had a family that really cared and was relatively stable so while we didn't have a ton of money we had that. It's definitely not fair and not a product of anything I did other than being lucky to be born intelligent and into a caring stable family.
I'm not sure whether I should be blamed for other people not moving up the ladder, I don't have kids or a house so some of his critiques don't apply to me. But it does feel like in many cases the upper middle class stands in the way of progressive policy.