Thank you for the follow! I really enjoyed this post, and wholeheartedly agree... I've had some discussions with my SO about this, and getting this point across is a hard sell because he doesn't quite understand that he has had some advantages from the day of his birth that a majority of POC just don't get.

Here's the thing... he seems to be softening some on this issue and listening more, but I truly think it came about because of my circumstances. I'm trying to crawl out of a decade-long hole (bad marriage, kick-me-while-I'm-down type situation) and have mostly exhausted my options. Just started a 2nd job (which could disappear if Covid 19 moves into my county in numbers, only 4 cases known to date), but I still don't make enough to go backward and catch up. He was a bit stumped when I didn't have more money left after a payday, and had no real understanding of "going without".

Now that he is seeing me struggle (and facing eviction) and seeing my efforts still not be 'enough', he is starting to see that his early exposure to options- that has continued throughout his life- is something that not everybody gets as a matter of course.

I'm so very fortunate to have family (and a SO) who can be there for me if I need it, because I would be homeless and would've lost my kids otherwise. So many do not have that.

Early inclusion for POC definitely could make the difference- and is key to 'even the playing field'. Thank you for the article!