And on the same topic as the last: I went to Smith, on generous grants from an endowment sponsored by donations big and small and investments both ethically sound and dubious. My father is a manual laborer, and my mother teaches in a public school. Yes, I am white. Yes, I grew up lower-middle-class and went to a good public school and then a good college. I had opportunities and I am privileged.
But anyone who assumes:
- that class is purely related to what school you attend
- that one can’t be a POC or an ally or a fan who just thinks this is shit if one has had said opportunities…
Well, fuck, there ain’t no hope for you.
(Private to Kathryn Cramer: one of those ISPs was mine. Bog standard Time Warner Cable from Milwaukee. Just thought I’d save you the time and effort.)
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