The dystopic part is that it's assumed an intelligent person is expected to achieve less due to their lineage.
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It's not just "assumed". There have been numerous studies that people with better social networks and resources around them are much more likely to succeed. It's not surprising at all
YAY, its the hot new thing called the caste system
That poor kid, imagine having the title "girl born in jail" following you around for the rest of your life regardless of what you accomplished.
It is uplifting. A child born under awful circumstances overcame there obstacles that life handed her where most people would fail. Props to her father and mentors for helping her, too.
Seems like a stretch to post this here but I imagine there's some hoop jumping someone's gonna do to justify it.
The community rallied around her to give her the support she needed to succeed. What might happen if we helped everyone?
Then more people would succeed. But that has nothing to do with a dystopian society, that's just human nature. Been going on like that forever
Dyslexia definitely made me wonder why she was going to jail. Seems she overcame whatever was holding her parent(s) back when seems at least a little uplifting.
toured the Harvard campus with Castner in March 2022, which helped solidify the teen's decision to attend the university later this year. “After that trip, I saw her love for the school intensify,”
Who the hell would look at Harvard and say "Nah, I don't this school is good enough for me."?
my favourite part is how she's going to study law, but there's no mention of her mother, so I can only presume this kid thinks people do actually belong in jail.
You think he community rallies around young Black kids and raises money for their orthodontic work too?? /s
from the article:
Castner’s mother was in jail when she gave birth to her. She has not played a role in her daughter's life since the day Castner's father picked her up as a newborn from the prison, raising her as a single father, the outlet said.
Lawyers will also be necessary for prison abolition.