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When your background creates distance from your peer group's values

Everyone in my graduate program talks about social justice constantly but they all come from wealthy families and I feel like I cannot relate to their version of activism.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Educational environments can create ideological conformity pressure that feels disconnected from lived economic reality.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Mob psychology and belonging to a cause?”

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