October 27, 2011 To Occupy Oakland: I am not the 99%. I wish I was, but I’m not. I grew up 25 miles away from Frank Ogawa Plaza, but can’t begin to understand what those who have occupied it have gone through. I was given the world, but I barely graduated high school. I bullshitted my way through college. I got the job that I have now through connections that I made because I was privileged enough to work for free while my parents simply deposited money into my bank … Continued
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