“What keeps a poor child in Appalachia poor is not what keeps a poor child in Chicago poor – even if from a distance, the outcomes look the same. And what keeps an able-bodied black woman poor is not what keeps a disabled white man poor, even if the outcomes look the same.”
– Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
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Riddle from the Middle 
Thank you for this thought provoking insight. I have often rebelled against the simple answers. Life is complex.
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So true. Sometimes things that look simple from the outside are so much more nuanced underneath.
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It’s why we have so much to do before our children have a world to grow up in that is truly worthy of all of them
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I’m starting to wonder if that debt will ever be paid.
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Bought the book and hope to start on it soon.
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I have a couple I’m still trying to get to also.
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I’ve been poor, but I’ve never experienced poverty. I always had a way out. I’ve never been kept poor. When people say they understand what it’s like to be “like that guy,” I question that. Thanks for giving us something to think about, Laura.
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That is a thought provoking way to look at it, Dan. “never experienced poverty” because you’ve never been *kept* poor. That sums it up exactly.
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so spot on
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Very.
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This is very true. A thought provoking quote
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Absolutely. I think we’re trained to look at the end result here.
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Indeed.
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