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user-inactivated  ·  4076 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I Was Dead Wrong

    I now regularly deal with a lot of poor people.

Shared experiences in the same IRL locations and time and space really, really help with empathy across socioeconomic boundaries. They are scary boundaries to traverse. Exposing privilege to oneself is painful, but as Steve is telling us ... it can be a growth experience.

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