1906 | Policy Director | Attorney | Board Co-Chair, @SafeSpacesDC | #ReproJustice | Views = Mine | Preston.Mitchum@gmail.com | He/Him | 
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I’m going to let you in on a little secret. People with degrees: we weren’t smarter than others; we didn’t even necessarily work harder. Many of us happened to experience luck and timing and it showed up differently than others.
It doesn’t mean we didn’t work hard for our achievements but this idea of “if they tried harder” and “if their parents were more involved” really just attempts to put you on a pedestal for “overcoming obstacles.” I’m proud of us but that ain’t it. And deep down, you know it.
You say things and they tug at my heart a certain way.
genetic determinism is not the wave.
This is so true a thousand things have to line up for it to “work out”.
Yikes this discourse is framed in a interesting way
Not sure of the “yikes” but frankly, the main thing I notice is elitism being at an all time high from people who should understand how systems and structures impact us in a myriad of ways. The same people who disinvite far too many people because of a lack of formal education.
Yup. I was fortunate to be born when I was born, where I was born to whom I was born! I recognize there are other people as smart as, as diligent and hardworking as me (or more so on all accounts) who have not had the opportunities I was blessed to have.
Thanks for the acknowledgement.
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