“Over-privileged” is a word that Tim Wise said does not exist in our English language but under-privileged is. Why is this? Coming from a predominately white community where only a hand full of colored people attended my high school, I can clearly see what Mr. Wise is saying. Although most kids in my town go to college and take advantage of their parent’s wealth, there is always the percentage of kids who waste everything that is put in front of them. They are ungrateful for the material items they have and are blind to the infinite amount of opportunities given to them. Instead of being productive with the money that magically appears in their bank account every week, they chose to go down the wrong path of addiction and substance abuse. It is sad to see things like this develop because I realize that there are people in our country that would kill to be raised in a society similar to the one I was raised in. Because under-privileged people must work harder for opportunities even close to the ones I was presented, I have a new found respect for them. Hopefully we can spread of the amount of opportunities to inner cities or ones who are unable to get the same treatment as the “over-privileged”
Chad Schug
Kin 338I Sec 06 10771
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