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Did you grow up looking down on the poor? I did. Directly or indirectly, I was taught that anyone who is poor or homeless brought it on themselves, and if they would only make an effort, they could end their poverty. I just knew that laziness and poverty go hand in hand. According to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4414,"featured_media":5334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251,100],"tags":[42,386,1089],"class_list":["post-5205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-becoming-progressive","category-injustice","tag-poverty","tag-prosperity","tag-systemic-racism"],"yoast_head":"\n
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