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Were you part of the poverty stricken population? My experience has been poor white people are not accepted by our professional community.
by malvosenior 9y ago
Were you part of the poverty stricken population? My experience has been poor white people are not accepted by our professional community.
- morvita 9y agoNo, my mother was a teacher and my father a manager at the local hospital. So while we weren't rich, we were definitely not poverty stricken either. I cannot speak much to the experience of poor white people in the tech community, but, at least anecdotally, I know of two other people I went to high school with who also went into tech. One is still in the industry as far as I know and the other left it a few years ago. (For reference, I am in my early 30s)
- monocasa 9y agoI was. Edit: and I can totally affirm that being a white man from a poor family absolutely afforded me more privilege than being a woman or a minority. I can pass as middle class by losing my accent and picking up a nice suit on the cheap.