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by no_wizard 1037 days ago
Not to mention means testing can be used for discrimination

Growing up one thing I realized was white privilege, for lack of a better term, was my families access to welfare programs.

My father passed when I was young and my mom was left to raise us on our own. When he passed she made just barely above the poverty level, and you know what the government agent did? He fudged a couple things on the paper work and my mom got SSI and Medicaid for us until we turned 18.

I’ve heard the hell non white families go through in similar situations in my home state and I don’t imagine they got that privilege