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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
You sound like we had same childhood. Liked your post but you struck a nerve
Shoveled snow when I could duringthe winter and in the summer went to a free day camp as a little kid and remember one or two vacations in my younger years that were pretty inexpensive..
My dad was a taxi driver working over 70 hours a week to support us.
Parents could not afford to send us to college so we all went to the City University of NY which was free back than.
We had almost nothing in the bank when we got married and we worked for what we had now.
Went to grad school at night while working full time during the day.
I do not understand why people keep telling us we were privileged growing up.
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I agree. This thread struck a nerve with me also. I do feel that I had an advantage being white. But, that advantage does not fully account for the discrepancies between my success and those that do not take advantage of the opportunities every citizen has in this country. Far from it.