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Video: Lawrence O'Donnell on Trump's Ridiculous "Border Wall" Fiasco

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Belafon8/25/2017 12:40:01 pm PDT

To carry from last thread:

re: #427 Blind Frog Belly White

This! This! A thousand times, this!

It does a great job of encapsulating it, right down to admitting that you’ve been playing the game on easy makes your achievements less special.

Which I don’t entirely understand. I came from a very-low middle class family (reduced lunch level), and have worked my butt off. But, being white, I know I have gotten some breaks. I consider it a bad thing that I’ve had breaks that others haven’t, especially since I see upper middle class people who worked far less hard than I do get breaks, but it doesn’t tarnish my hard work. It means I need to understand that it wasn’t all my work and find ways to help those who haven’t had the advantages I’ve had and make sure they get the same privileges.

The thinking that your accomplishments are worth less only makes sense if you acknowledge that you’ve been slacking. Which yeah, a lot of these people have.