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Why philanthropy can feel like moral laundering

I anonymously funded a scholarship program at my old high school but seeing poor kids compete for scraps of what I spend on dinner makes me realize charity is just inequality with good PR.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Individual generosity within systemic inequality becomes a way to preserve rather than challenge fundamental injustice.

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