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I love it when I read or hear stories about POC who succeed, despite social, economical, and other various obstacles they faced on their path. It’s inspiring. But what I don’t like, is when their stories are used in bad faith, to prop up the myth of the “model minority”.
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Their stories and triumphs are not for you to use to invalidate current concerns. Using them as examples to discredit the validity of their communities’ struggles and the generations of families still trying to catch up.
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I have a problem with us settling and accepting this idea that opportunities are only there for those who truly deserve it. That you have to be a star athlete or a valedictorian to defy the odds in order to have the opportunities for success. It’s total bullshit.
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Quality of life is not a zero sum game. You shouldn’t have to be the best, in order to achieve success. There’s no such thing as a participation trophy in life, because life isn’t a fucking game. Participation is the only way society succeeds.
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Our lack of genuine concern for the least of us, is why we have so many toxic workplaces, raging idiots in congress, 400k+ dead by COVID, and 34M people living below the poverty line.
It takes the best of us to lead the way, but it’ll take the rest of us to do better.
It takes the best of us to lead the way, but it’ll take the rest of us to do better.
That’s why we have to work hard to lower the barrier of entry in so many fields, and create the space for everyone to find their success.
Be it through education, through jobs, through healthcare, through accessibility, or through unconditional acceptance of who they are...
Be it through education, through jobs, through healthcare, through accessibility, or through unconditional acceptance of who they are...
It’s all achievable. It’s all doable. The only thing preventing us from doing these things is our willingness.
“For there is always light,
if only we're brave enough to see it.
If only we're brave enough to be it.”
“For there is always light,
if only we're brave enough to see it.
If only we're brave enough to be it.”
