This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps
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Superstar
Well!!
I'm not rocking a hundred dollar sneakers and I'm not a
hundred other goofy stereotypes you can pull out of
thin air.
And I STILL think the whole article was wack.
OH NO !!! She had to use COUPONS!!!
Take the
off, you're looking silly right now
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Shuteye
Rookie
good read
somehow missed this comment:
UserNameless
Veteran
I feel a movie played by Sandra Bullock coming out of this article .....
Im Kemet Rocky & I like penis
googling gay porn :ahh:
100 dollar shoes?..
You know what..
Get yo dumbass outta here, yall mothafukkas stay with this bullshyt..
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
So THAT'S who those white people are talking about when they mention welfare queens driving around in Benz's and Escalades.
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
Going to grad school will help her get a better job, which in turn she will use to take better care of her children and family.
Richard Wright
Living Legend
The article was worth a read and a good commentary on the illusion of the middle class. Two parents making 120k a year put together is better off than most americans will ever be but is only one pink slip away from 25k a year or even long term unemployment.
So often people mistakenly associate status and success with 'butter' like the brand of your car or the designer of your bag. The illusion of superiority is more important to a lot of folks in our society than the morals of thrift. There are two points in the article I find most interesting:
1 How she used her kids for sympathy.
- Why was the premature birth relevent here? She is a mother of two kids, she seemed to think her marriage/ child birth story was special( dont we all, its a big money maker for media and many other industries) and thus felt entitled to be middle class happily ever after. Guess she didnt get the memo about the middle class shrinking.
2
Clearly she thought she was more successful than she was. Her husband and her dont really do the most meaningful work, and there is always next young journalism student. Sounded like she wanted a medal for 'networking;' her way into her first media gig.
Now separating the article from the author offers a good commentary on the misperception and demonization of poor people. We all want to have nice things, I would even go so far as to say we are expected to have nice things, but we often have to obtain them by sacrificing savings and security. Most of us dont have education or suburban parents and their connections to fall back on.
So often people mistakenly associate status and success with 'butter' like the brand of your car or the designer of your bag. The illusion of superiority is more important to a lot of folks in our society than the morals of thrift. There are two points in the article I find most interesting:
1 How she used her kids for sympathy.
- Why was the premature birth relevent here? She is a mother of two kids, she seemed to think her marriage/ child birth story was special( dont we all, its a big money maker for media and many other industries) and thus felt entitled to be middle class happily ever after. Guess she didnt get the memo about the middle class shrinking.
2
Clearly she thought she was more successful than she was. Her husband and her dont really do the most meaningful work, and there is always next young journalism student. Sounded like she wanted a medal for 'networking;' her way into her first media gig.
Now separating the article from the author offers a good commentary on the misperception and demonization of poor people. We all want to have nice things, I would even go so far as to say we are expected to have nice things, but we often have to obtain them by sacrificing savings and security. Most of us dont have education or suburban parents and their connections to fall back on.
Reads more like helpless suburban white female that has no idea what its like to actually be poor.....most blatant example being the whole deal about the Mercedes. Sell the Mercedes for 50k, buy a decent used car for 5k, pay less in insurance. Where's the car payments in that scenario . Or better yet invest in a damn bus pass
. Or better yet invest in a damn bus pass
OCCAMS_RAZOR
Pro
where is this from?
the latest season of loiter squad
Reads more like helpless suburban white female that has no idea what its like to actually be poor.....most blatant example being the whole deal about the Mercedes. Sell the Mercedes for 50k, buy a decent used car for 5k, pay less in insurance. Where's the car payments in that scenario
Maybe they can sell it and buy a cheaper car, but there's no way you're getting 50k from an eleven year old car
Savior said:Sell the Mercedes for 50k, buy a decent used car for 5k, pay less in insurance. Where's the car payments in that scenario
It's a 12 year old C-class Kompressor that her husband has already paid for