“We shout "self care" and "joy" all day but won't admit we have a "poor people not apply" footnote to things we have deemed to be for "us." The middle class, the bougie elite. The ones who don’t even realize they’re just as poor.

Poor people buy Jordans? We're upset.
Poor people have cable? We're angry.
Poor people make minimum wage? We think it's too much money if we don't make more.”

Annotation

It's frustrating seeing ignorant, privileged people whine about "useless irresponsible poor people" on social media.

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