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Money is the root of all that kills They have never been poor They have never had the joy of a Welfare Christmas” from “I Will Buy You a New Life,” by Everclear I was 7 when my mother remarried and we began a slow climb into solid middle class. But, until then, we were poor. I’d never wish poverty on anyone. Plenty of things came harder because of it. But poverty also meant simplicity and easy joys out of little things, because you kept your expectations low. It meant keeping close to extended family, because you needed lots of people around you to get by: cousins who could fix your car and second cousins who could float you 20 bucks and aunts and uncles you could live with when you couldn’t make rent on your own. ....
I wish I’d spoken up more often. Growing up, at school and at parties and at small gatherings, I heard young men say things about women. About how the women looked or what they’d like to do to them. I spoke up to the worst, walked away from some. But I said nothing to too many of those young men, chuckled along to avoid conflict with a few. I wish I’d spoken up to everyone. Men, we need to be better. See, while I’ve outgrown most of that crowd, and those I haven’t outgrown have outgrown those distasteful comments, one person from those long-ago parties now sits in prison for sexual assault. I don’t know if it would have made a difference if I and others had called him out for the most obscene comments we heard, but it couldn’t have hurt. ....
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