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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fck off. I worked for my "privilege". My parents were the first in my family to go to college. I resent this being counted against my kids for purely political reasons.[/quote]

You really don’t get it apparently.

I’m a lawyer in biglaw. No one in the building works harder than the janitorial staff. And many of them have second and third jobs. Lots of people work hard. But their hard work doesn’t help their kids like mine does. [/quote]
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People think that "privilege" means you never faced adversity.  It doesn't.  It means that any adversity you faced was not the result of your race/gender/poverty.

It's also really hard for people to accept that their success was not purely the result of "hard work."[/b]  [/quote]

This is one of the best statements here. It doesn't take away from my success to admit that in addition to a lot of hard work, I had some luck and privilege getting where I am.

That's okay, even, as long as I don't pull up the ladder behind me.[/quote]

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