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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the dude who wrote the race/class intersectionality thing before, I'd say that my family back home in the rural west is part of that "intergenerational poverty" and it's definitely a mindset or culture or something that is hard to break through and I am not surprised that people want to stay away from it.

But I want to be sympathetic too; my dad was the guy who was not like the rest despite his community and turned out totally different. So I feel this affinity on a class basis, I guess, and want to support these kids. It feels a little lonely to think like this - feels rare around here.[/quote]

Can you tell us a little more about that mindset?[/quote]

I'm thinking - I want to identify with the poor families here and not sort away from them whenever possible, for either myself or my kids.  I also think about some stuff I read about how having neighbors who could share their social capital - how common is this in a segregated city? While I can think of the old guy who hired my dad and his brother to build his house, at his direction, when they were 15. These were two boys who showed no promise at the time. And the other people who helped him along the way. Is there some way I can share my social capital with the underdogs in my neighborhood? Not just a little cash here and there, but like actually be part of the community here in a mixed neighborhood where I live?[/quote]

Volunteer! Volunteer w a group that trains you to some degree to tutor math or English. Teach immigrants to read.

This is how you engage w “the other” w out being offensive (the training).

When you befriend those you are helping and they tell you what’s going on listen like you would anyone else.

One of my former tutees is now finishing law school at a very reputable law school. Her specialty is what my firm needs.  She’s interviewing and chatting w folks off cycle.  We are going to benefit from her if not more. I just get to say I knew her when as now I need her expertise.
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