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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Yes we all have choices to make about how to live our lives. But if you've never experienced anything else, and everywhere you turn someone is waiting for you to act out, it doesn't give you much hope or ability to strive for something better. Low SES schools in this city need to provide those mentors and that hope. They need to demonstrate not just how to divide fractions, but also how to navigate a complex pathway toward college and stable home lives.[/quote]

I'm white, and I was raised in poverty.  Food stamps, second hand clothing, etc.  My parents did not know how to apply to college, how to apply for financial aid, and had very limited dreams for me.  I have done very well for myself because I found mentors along the way who helped me realize that I could have dreams outside of my very small world where my parents imagined I would have a good job as an office building cleaner or a fast food restaurant manager.

If you're raised in poverty, you see all of that wealth around you and think that it is for other people, not for people like you.  I imagine that adding the institutional racism to that makes it my experience times about 100.

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