tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880575224552835226.post5300907116981019829..comments2023-11-02T02:07:05.009-07:00Comments on the playground: a personal/political rantJamilahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16291434727158884556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880575224552835226.post-87416934175891978752008-04-08T10:25:00.000-07:002008-04-08T10:25:00.000-07:00i'm feelin' you. it's especially hard not to get c...i'm feelin' you. it's especially hard not to get caught up in the whole elitism of the non profit world. i was admittedly caught up in that whole line of thought for a while, then i thought to myself: what does that mean about the work my mother does? she drove a bus for 15 years, does that not make her part of 'the movement'? why am i tryin' to front like i'm better than anyone? i<BR/><BR/>it's disgusting how separatist "social justice work" (what does that mean, anyway?) has become, how people flaunt their job and their social justice lingo lingo like it's a members-only VIP card. hella small minded and immature, and we're leaving so many good folks out because of inability to accept difference.<BR/><BR/>alright, i think i'm done ranting. but yeah, boo -- keep doing you, and if your path takes you into the non profit industrial complex, so be it. if it takes you to a penthouse somewhere on a beautiful beach, that's cool too. just remember to save space for me :)Jamilahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16291434727158884556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880575224552835226.post-76557654946022449622008-04-05T23:07:00.000-07:002008-04-05T23:07:00.000-07:00Its sad that a lot people I have met involved in a...Its sad that a lot people I have met involved in a lot of non-profit work cannot see that being able to reject financial stability for doing work that matches with ones politics is a privilege in its own rightgochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156730682906684481noreply@blogger.com