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Sylus Black's avatar

I understood some people had a leg up in life when I was a kid, but I didn't truly realize it until I became an adult.

Coming from "working poor" immigrants and seeing my friends inherit cars, and some of them even homes, was very eye-opening.

Nonetheless, I'm not demonizing people who had a leg up. But pointing it out will give peace of mind to those who are less fortunate.

People born to lawyers and physicians see and operate through life much differently than those born to taxi drivers and hotel maids.

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Alanna Duffield's avatar

Absolutely! No one can help if they're born with more, but it becomes sinister to cosplay working class people in order to get cool points, or insinuate that they "came from nothing". Big industries don't help either, when they push for "palatable" versions of working class creatives. Aka they wear the clothes, speak the lingo, but don't have any of the trauma struggle, or inaccesibility. Can be very frustrating!

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