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[quote=Anonymous]I know I was privileged. I grew up UMC. I went to an excellent public school (not that I realized it at the time). Then my parents paid for both college and about half of graduate school, enabling me to get out of student loan debt by 30.

It would be hard as hell to ever enter my industry had I not had those advantages. I would've been shackled by debt into middle age, like millennials will be.

I also had the advantage of being white. I didn't realize it at the time, but that permitted me to get away with stuff that a minority student would not have been able to shrug off. E.g.:

1. Not getting thrown out of an honors program when I was caught cheating in middle school (did get yelled at; never did it again)

2. Not getting arrested while being a drunk idiot with other drunk idiots in a car after senior graduation

3. Not having to prove myself three times over when applying for jobs, renting apartments, etc.

4. Not being consistently under-treated or dismissed by doctors when I've needed medical care

5. Getting the benefit of the doubt when I got mugged once: no cop ever suggested it might've been my fault for being on the wrong street at the wrong time

6. Not having to talk to my son about bowing and scraping to idiot cops if he ever gets pulled over

And so on and so on. 
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