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When individual achievement obscures structural barriers

I mentor young people in my old neighborhood but my success story makes them think they just need to work harder when the system is rigged.

Juana
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The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

He worries that his exceptional path creates false hope rather than realistic change.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Rawlsian justice — the thought experiment?”

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