This is so true and despite my left leaning politics, the points made are things that I am guilty… | by Adebayo Adeniran | Medium

This is no doubt true. We blame the poor for their lack of agency, lack of effort, lack of education. We begrudge them the small pleasures that make life rich, full, and meaningful. We criticize their nutritional choices, their parenting decisions, and their misplaced priorities to explain the root causes of their situation.

The Real Reason it Sucks to Be Poor in Modern America

Valerie Marie

Adebayo Adeniran

1 min readJun 10, 2019

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This is so true and despite my left leaning politics, the points made are things that I am guilty of.

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