"Hillbilly Elegy"

[*PhilHos*]

(09-22-2020, 05:44 PM)fredtoast Wrote: One of the biggest points he makes is about poverty is that people who are raised surrounded by poverty often don't see any way out.  they think getting rich is for "other people".  He talks about how poor people need to be exposed to some people who have succeeded just so they can see that it is possible.  And not just driven through a rich neighborhood.  they need to know these people on a personal basis so that they can actually identify with them. 

As someone who used to work very closely with poor people, I can attest that this is true of many (most?) of them. There are exceptions, of course (thinking of young athletes thinking they can become a rich professional athlete), but I would agree that this is pretty much the truth.