Essays about coming to terms with privilege and position in society
Since July, I’ve been living on a budget of $33,000 a year (which shakes out to $16.50 an hour, or about twice minimum wage). This number is not my actual income. My actual income is over $100,000 a year. My actual income is a manifestation of class privilege that I think deserves reflection and intentional use . Reducing my budget to a far more reasonable number is one of my strategies for coping, with the rest of the money split between ethical investment and donation. These are some of the lessons I foun
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