![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
March 24th and 25th
Mar. 25th, 2021 09:15 am24. What was the size of your high school?
Very small.
25. What's an opinion you held for a long time that you no longer hold?
There are probably too many to mention, but since 2016, it has been driven home that I do not live in the country that I always thought that I did. I thought for the most part that we had gotten past blatant racism, sexism, etc.. As it turns out, I just saw what my experience was (at the time) and that we are entrenched with systemic and personal bigotry and hatred. I always thought that if you worked hard enough that it did not matter your gender, color, sexual orientation, wealth, you could be successful. I realize now, how false that truly is and that if you are not white, male, and wealthy; the odds are almost impossible to overcome because we have rigged the game.
Very small.
25. What's an opinion you held for a long time that you no longer hold?
There are probably too many to mention, but since 2016, it has been driven home that I do not live in the country that I always thought that I did. I thought for the most part that we had gotten past blatant racism, sexism, etc.. As it turns out, I just saw what my experience was (at the time) and that we are entrenched with systemic and personal bigotry and hatred. I always thought that if you worked hard enough that it did not matter your gender, color, sexual orientation, wealth, you could be successful. I realize now, how false that truly is and that if you are not white, male, and wealthy; the odds are almost impossible to overcome because we have rigged the game.
