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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's notable, so many people say "hard work", "grit", "worked my @ ss off"... do you think the guys who work on your car didn't work hard to get where they are?  The person with the most grit and determination is probably the cleaning lady who walked here from Venezuela...

I'm not normally one to go crazy shouting "white privilege" but these answers seem really tone deaf.  I'd love to also hear about how you got lucky.  [/quote]

This is a pretty myopic thing to say. I posted in this thread and from the responses so far I’m probably in the upper 5%. My parents came from the projects of their home country. So while you can think you know me and my privilege from one post, lady you’re the one who’s actually tone deaf. [/quote]

I was thinking the same thing. Ignore her, she's virtue signaling.[/quote]

Ok to the PP who wants the dang sob story.  My poor Latina mother grew up barefoot with 11 siblings and a philandering father with 8 additional bastard children.  My dad was an expat in her country and started dating her while she was in HS - yes he had a masters degree (do the math - obviously my mom was pretty).  They moved to the US to have kids to ensure we were Americans. I experienced racism growing up in a wealthy area and my mother was mistaken for the maid on many occasions.  I was told I would only amount to being a housekeeper by a teacher in elementary school. I am white and only if you knew my mother would you know I'm Latina. I speak without an accent.  I was taught hard work was my insurance and security and to pay my own way - wierd on dates in HS where i grew up, but i did it anyway.  This was from my mother who married my father because he was a rich white man.  Because my mom got lucky to marry my dad, I was lucky and had the best schooling and opportunities.  I worked my f..ing ass off everywhere I went.  I learned to be ashamed of my hispanic roots and because of my name and phenotype I can hide it better than most (luck). I made lucky choices and a few failures.  I looked for the learnings in my failures and moved on.  Is that what PP was looking for?  Lemme guess I don't cout for her because you can't physically see my disadvantage.[/quote]

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