Boot straps

I cannot insist strongly enough that you read this post from Resist Racism: Playing at Poverty

via tigtog

Melissa said it best: the best possible world for a straight, white, able-bodied, wealthy male is not the best possible world for everyone. Such traditionally privileged specimens might like to imagine they exist on a level playing field, but a broader look reveals that their lane is the only one constructed in such a manner.

The next person to invoke the fabled boot straps are going to feel the sting of my boot straps on their ass.