• Angry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    In foster care we were part of the free lunch program. The first week in my first high school the lunch lady made it a point to call us all up first so EVERYONE knew who the ‘poors’ were. This was in one of the top 5 most expensive zipcodes in the U.S.

    For the next four years I ate knowledge in the library for lunch.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, but what I’m saying is that’s not a thing anymore in California, they just have free lunch for all the kids, and you don’t need to be “a poor” to get it

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        3 months ago

        Yes and that’s wonderful and everywhere should implement it.

        But they won’t.

        Because people are fundamentally assholes. Just California has a lower quotient due to higher education (though hollywood does skew that a bunch too)