Posts tagged poverty
Thoughts About Class Privilege (from the McDonald’s Drive Thru)
Thoughts About Class Privilege (from the McDonald’s Drive Thru)

It’s not pretty to look at the parts of ourselves that exemplify the things we say we’re against — entitlement, white privilege, intellectual snobbery. But to not look at these, to choose to stay cloistered, sheltered, more “successful” in ways society recognizes and values, and what we may have been taught would be “safer,” is inexcusable for anyone who claims to care about justice and humanity.

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Resistance, ObservationsJena Schwartzpuppy preschool, English Bulldog, freedom school, desiree adaway, mcdonalds, love, relationships, marriage, class, orivilege, privilege, author, writing, inter-class marriage, counseling, interfaith couple, class privilege, chutzpah, entitlement, white privilege, societal rules, success, justice, humanity, barnard, school of hard knocks, wealth, poverty, whole foodsComment
Why I Don’t Feel Proud of America
Why I Don’t Feel Proud of America

Yes, there has been social and economic progress. But you don’t have to look hard or far to see the cracks in this perspective. It’s a distinctly white perspective, and one that rests on tremendous privilege.

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ResistanceJena Schwartztom petty, love, relationships, marriage, coffee, resistance, election, trump, white privilege, mansplaining, misogyny, racism, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, mass shootings, immigration, gun laws, poverty, transgender, writingComment