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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by borishn on Monday March 01, 2021 @01:06PM (#26305880)
"Many people assume I am a good middle class person" is what many people consider a "privilege".
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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by flumpcakes on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @06:51AM (#26314294)
This is exactly the attitude I was talking about.

You say "privilege": I spent hours every day practising to speak like news readers on TV. I don't talk like anyone else in my family. But everything comes down to not having an outward appereance as a person from a marginalised or minority group.

Poverty is the great equaliser.

When everyone assumes you are the in the "privileged" group it's hard to get help.

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