Alright, i'm sorry, but I can't deal with this crap.
My family immigrated to this country. My Paternal Grandparents were proud union members who taught themselves english. They worked for every penny. They two homes in their lives so far and have lived amazing lives after putting in so much work in.
My Mom has the foreign equivalent of the American GED. My Dad either has only a high school diploma, or a GED (idr atm). My mother has lived in three countries. Had to learn 2 different languages before she was 25 (she knows 2 fluently, one semi-fluently, and one conversationally - 4 total). My dad went to a majority black high school in a impoverished neighborhood. He was able to have a very successful career for many years - he's struggling a bit now - but for someone with his background he has done damn good. My mom, she was a homemaker who later decided to go work and she has done amazing in everything she's done since (even if they aren't considered to be amazing jobs.)
My parents bought two homes in the early 2000's - sold one of them due to financial struggles and went bankrupt on another. We still pushed through and persevered. They forced my sister and me to get a good high school education and prepared us to go to college - even though they didn't know anything about the college process or how to navigate it.
My sister and I, and my cousins as well, certainly had a MUCH easier upbringing then our parents and grandparents but we still go through challenges that many people - regardless of race or sexuality - in today's America consider "easy" to navigate through. I was a first generation college student. My sister is one of the first women in my family to go a four year college - she's also one of the only Jews at her school.
At my college graduation I heard my fellow students babble about how college was a joke and that they hated that they even had to be at commencement. Meanwhile my family drove up to my college, showed up to commencement hours early, with all of the kids, and celebrate something that they didn't have the opportunity to achieve themselves. On that day I was never more mad then I was at that moment to hear people belittle something that millions of people didn't have an opportunity to do. Belittling something they should be proud to have been able to accomplish.
I remember that feeling when I tried to off myself last October. That's one of the reasons I wound up calling my friends to help me save myself.
No one in my family ever had it easy. We've all had very different problems and issues in our individual lives. We aren't your stereotypical Republican voters. We aren't your stereotypical people.
Yet, none of us complain that society is stacked against us. No one in my family ever told us that we had a worse deck of cards because our family speaks a different language. My parents were raised to be proud of where they lived, how they grew up and to cherish all of their experiences without any ounce of bitterness. My family - all of us - have American flags waving outside of our homes/apartments. Because that's what separates grown ups from people living in bubbles.
So, you don't get to tell my family or me that we are privileged. Or that they had it easier then other groups of people.
I know you are young and I think you are generally a very good poster but making assumptions about people you don't know is generally not a good idea.
I'm not saying your life isn't hard. I'm not saying everyone is equal or has the same opportunity. But, stop judging people because of who they are. And yes, being white, male and/or straight is a unique experience, even if it's not what the left thinks is "unique."
Slay.
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