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When The Generic Motivational Advice Fails to Account for Privilege

When The Generic Motivational Advice Fails to Account for Privilege

We need equal opportunity, not bootstraps.

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Crystal Jackson
Apr 16, 2021
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We need equal opportunity, not bootstraps.

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I have always been a sucker for a solid motivational talk. And known to give them, too. I was raised with the idea that hard work equates to success — although there was little evidence in my life of hard work elevating most of the people I knew out of the social strata they were …

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