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When family wealth determines professional opportunities despite individual merit

I worked three jobs to put myself through school but my resume looks worse than my classmates who did unpaid internships because their parents could support them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The ability to work for free becomes a form of privilege that shapes career trajectories more than talent or effort.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Class and structural disadvantage?”

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