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If you have a computer and you are reading this now...
14 years ago
If your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme... You have PRIVILEGE! :D
If you live in America, Canada, or any other first0world country,
You have PRIVILEGE! :D
If you can openly disagree with your political leader without fear of being killed by government agents,
You have PRIVILEGE! :D
If your country isn't under a totalitarian/war/famine state, guess the fuck what?
You have PRIVILEGE! :D
If you ever, EVER talk down to someone about privilege and how much of it they have compared to you, think about all the starving children across the world, think about Blood Diamond workers, think about the Invisible Children, think about girls forced into sex rings in less-fortunate countries. Look at your life compared to theirs and tell me who has more privilege.
Honestly, this whole privilege thing is making everyone who whines about it sound like fucking brats.
Okay, let's look at my mom, one of the most "privileged" people I know.
She earns $250,000 a year. Seems like a lot, 'cause hey, it is a lot. She makes so much money, almost 40% goes to taxes. Serves her right, right? Making all that money, it's not fair! It all must obviously fall into her lap! Her life must be so fuckin' easy with all of that money! It must be a cakewalk!
Well, guess what? It didn't just fall into her lap. When she was only 16, her family kicked her out of her home simply because her dad was an abusive dick that didn't like her. She tried living with her friend, but my mom's own mother spread a rumor around that she slept with her friend's dad, so she was kicked out of that home. Her only choice was to start getting into college a lot earlier than she intended. She got into nursing because there wasn't much else to do at her age. To her surprise, she was okay with it, so she continued. She continued learning about medicine even when me and my siblings came into the world. She kept going to school, but it was nearby, so it didn't effect much. Then she decided to get her certification in Anesthesiology. For many reasons, my parents decided to get a divorce while she moved away to South Carolina to continue her degree. She stayed in school until I was 13, almost 14. So for nearly half of her life, she was in school, securing this hefty salary. She endured going through a divorce and being away from her children just for us and our best interests. She wanted a good as job as she could get not only for us, but for me and my siblings. Now she's a CRNA. If you don't know what that is, it basically means she puts people to sleep and brings them to life so these people can get surgery. It's an extremely stressful job simply because if she fucks up she could be solely responsible for their death. She kept every person she's ever worked on alive since she got her degree.
So yeah, she makes a lot of fuckin' money, and because of it she's subjected to a lot of hate for simply having wealth. She even gets it from her own family. But guess what? She fuckin' EARNED it. She did have an "under-privileged" life. Her family WAS destitute. Her family WAS abusive. But that didn't stop her! Wanna know why? Because she's fortunate enough to live in a country where she make make her life as healthy and as thriving as it could possibly be.
Guess what?
YOU ARE TOO!
No matter what your background is, no matter what troubles you've been through, you CAN make your life a happy, long, successful one!
So instead of harassing people about "privilege", stand up and do something!
And while you're at it, help people out who literally don't have privilege! Donate to the Invisible Children's Fund here! http://www.invisiblechildren.com/donate
Thanks.
This isn't necessarily about money. It's about how you can take from what was bad in your life and make it better because here in America we at least have the opportunity to fix it.
If you live in America, Canada, or any other first0world country,
You have PRIVILEGE! :D
If you can openly disagree with your political leader without fear of being killed by government agents,
You have PRIVILEGE! :D
If your country isn't under a totalitarian/war/famine state, guess the fuck what?
You have PRIVILEGE! :D
If you ever, EVER talk down to someone about privilege and how much of it they have compared to you, think about all the starving children across the world, think about Blood Diamond workers, think about the Invisible Children, think about girls forced into sex rings in less-fortunate countries. Look at your life compared to theirs and tell me who has more privilege.
Honestly, this whole privilege thing is making everyone who whines about it sound like fucking brats.
Okay, let's look at my mom, one of the most "privileged" people I know.
She earns $250,000 a year. Seems like a lot, 'cause hey, it is a lot. She makes so much money, almost 40% goes to taxes. Serves her right, right? Making all that money, it's not fair! It all must obviously fall into her lap! Her life must be so fuckin' easy with all of that money! It must be a cakewalk!
Well, guess what? It didn't just fall into her lap. When she was only 16, her family kicked her out of her home simply because her dad was an abusive dick that didn't like her. She tried living with her friend, but my mom's own mother spread a rumor around that she slept with her friend's dad, so she was kicked out of that home. Her only choice was to start getting into college a lot earlier than she intended. She got into nursing because there wasn't much else to do at her age. To her surprise, she was okay with it, so she continued. She continued learning about medicine even when me and my siblings came into the world. She kept going to school, but it was nearby, so it didn't effect much. Then she decided to get her certification in Anesthesiology. For many reasons, my parents decided to get a divorce while she moved away to South Carolina to continue her degree. She stayed in school until I was 13, almost 14. So for nearly half of her life, she was in school, securing this hefty salary. She endured going through a divorce and being away from her children just for us and our best interests. She wanted a good as job as she could get not only for us, but for me and my siblings. Now she's a CRNA. If you don't know what that is, it basically means she puts people to sleep and brings them to life so these people can get surgery. It's an extremely stressful job simply because if she fucks up she could be solely responsible for their death. She kept every person she's ever worked on alive since she got her degree.
So yeah, she makes a lot of fuckin' money, and because of it she's subjected to a lot of hate for simply having wealth. She even gets it from her own family. But guess what? She fuckin' EARNED it. She did have an "under-privileged" life. Her family WAS destitute. Her family WAS abusive. But that didn't stop her! Wanna know why? Because she's fortunate enough to live in a country where she make make her life as healthy and as thriving as it could possibly be.
Guess what?
YOU ARE TOO!
No matter what your background is, no matter what troubles you've been through, you CAN make your life a happy, long, successful one!
So instead of harassing people about "privilege", stand up and do something!
And while you're at it, help people out who literally don't have privilege! Donate to the Invisible Children's Fund here! http://www.invisiblechildren.com/donate
Thanks.
This isn't necessarily about money. It's about how you can take from what was bad in your life and make it better because here in America we at least have the opportunity to fix it.
Preach the truth gurl <3
Not everybody has it. Some people have far too much of it and aren't putting it to the proper use which makes things hard.
STILL, living in a ghetto and scraping by to pay the bills isn't so bad. People need to stop bitching.
Money just needs to be...I'anno, perpetuated as not such a big deal. Along with a lot of things. :T
I think a lot of the issue with the people who are all whiny about privilege is they either haven't had to work for nearly anything, have a sense of entitlement, or just need to grow up; or any combination of the three for that matter.
'cause honestly, this is 'MERICA. If something's got us down, we at least have the chance to climb back up. Bullied on as a kid for (X) reason? Chances are, we all were! But guess what? We have the opportunity to lead awesome lives so we can come back to our class reunions and be like, "'SUP BITCHES, I'M A COWBOY IN SPACE AND I'M AWESOME. NOT SUCH A (insert slur that was used for harassment here) NOW, HUH?" and flip some tables.
but no, we get to blame our problems on the white, straight, Protestant males who own land and are over the age of 21 instead.
HUFF.
Nobody ever got ahead in life by playing Warcraft and eating cheetos all day long.