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I wish they would properly frame it as a social class issue. I try to read past it, but it still rankles when they present it as race. I didn't have it as hard
by sliverstorm 12y ago
I wish they would properly frame it as a social class issue. I try to read past it, but it still rankles when they present it as race. I didn't have it as hard as some kids do, but not every white kid has/had a trust fund, fast internet, fast computers...
- jquery 12y agoI grew up in near-poverty in a trailer next to farm, sharing a bedroom with two siblings and a computer with five siblings. The challenges are largely similar across race, even the socialization challenges. That's why these articles about all the privileges I supposedly had/have are so frustrating. My challenges are/were invisible AND my accomplishments are being continually diminished by these individuals, meanwhile they are getting a platform in mainstream publications, have numerous diversity programs to lean on, and are (in tech) rewarded doubly for the same good work. Nobody cares about trailer park white (or asian) kids and the enormous challenges they face or the ladder they had to climb. That's the problem with identity politics and social theory. It a notoriously unreliable bracketing system based on utterly superficial traits, only done for its simplicity and political correctness, not for its accuracy.