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I don’t eat Taco Bell. But I want to acknowledge that I was making around 10.00 an hour at Target in 2006? when minimum wage was around 5.00. 
FWIW, yes I’ll pay more for food so the person serving it doesn’t feel like they & their kids will be homeless for taking a sick day. https://twitter.com/thejordanrachel/status/1350476386629087239
FWIW, yes I’ll pay more for food so the person serving it doesn’t feel like they & their kids will be homeless for taking a sick day. https://twitter.com/thejordanrachel/status/1350476386629087239
I worked at the target in Alpharetta. It was 1 hour each way from our place. I went BC the pay was that good. It’s why I’m a target gal today.
Money was tight and I was able to buy my own clothes & shoes so my parents could focus on my little & keeping us housed & fed.
Money was tight and I was able to buy my own clothes & shoes so my parents could focus on my little & keeping us housed & fed.
The hustle I’ve had? The fact that I’ve never had more than two weeks off a job since 2005? I don’t wish it on anyone.
I want people to be able to breathe. To struggle less. My mental health would probably be more in tact if I didn’t survive the trauma of poverty.
I want people to be able to breathe. To struggle less. My mental health would probably be more in tact if I didn’t survive the trauma of poverty.
I don’t know why you all keep ending up at “I struggled so others should too” when you can end up at “god I hope it’s easier for the next person because of my struggle”.
I’m tired.
I have a career we associate with prestige but it doesn’t feel good yet BC I still hustle.
I’m tired.
I have a career we associate with prestige but it doesn’t feel good yet BC I still hustle.
Because Im busting my ass to make sure my little graduates from college debt free and with at least 15k cash to start her life.
Because I am my parents retirement plan. Literally.
Y’all choose to love to see people in pain and I don’t get it. You can choose empathy.
Because I am my parents retirement plan. Literally.
Y’all choose to love to see people in pain and I don’t get it. You can choose empathy.
Our disdain for poverty is focused more on people who live in poverty than it is on the people who create the conditions for the reproduction of poverty.
Read ^ that ^ again.
You can turn a profit & give folks a living wage, health care, & time off if greed isn’t your focus.
Read ^ that ^ again.
You can turn a profit & give folks a living wage, health care, & time off if greed isn’t your focus.
These classist attitudes and notions of “high value” work exist beyond the fast food realm.
There’s intra-professional hierarchies that create multiple under classes functioning across US workplaces.
Exhibit: This “economics professor”
*Edited to fix typos. https://twitter.com/jenniferdoleac/status/1350147987490672644
There’s intra-professional hierarchies that create multiple under classes functioning across US workplaces.
Exhibit: This “economics professor”
*Edited to fix typos. https://twitter.com/jenniferdoleac/status/1350147987490672644
The woman in that post above this has “I study crime & discrimination” in her bio and she doesn’t see how low paying research jobs in college can create a tiered system for who can afford to engage in research.
Why is this hard to get?
Why is this hard to get?
A student whose parents can bank roll them can afford to take the job that looks best on a resume vs. The high paying job that offers immediate relief.
This is the reproduction of class inequality and professional workplace tracking.
This is the reproduction of class inequality and professional workplace tracking.
Dear low income college student who attended “bad” schools:
You’ve prob worked harder than most your peers. You’re probably smarter than most your peers. Don’t compare yourself to people who started on third base and think they hit a triple.
The playing field was never even.
You’ve prob worked harder than most your peers. You’re probably smarter than most your peers. Don’t compare yourself to people who started on third base and think they hit a triple.
The playing field was never even.
