[Rachel30197]

My parents are immigrants to the U.S. and grew up extremely impoverished – they didn’t have running water, electricity, and never had enough to eat. Both sets of my grandparents were illiterate, but they knew the only way their kids would have a better life would be if they were educated. Both my parents became doctors, as did many of my aunts and uncles (or nurses, engineers.) When I was a very small child, my parents were just starting out and weren’t wealthy. However, looking back, by the time I was 10, they were very well off. I am not ashamed by the way I was raised – I did receive privileges that money can buy but I wasn’t spoiled either, we didn’t have designer clothes or our own cars, because my parents didn’t think they were necessary. My brother and I were raised by a very pro-feminist mother and she taught us to be very independent, we did things for ourselves like cooking and cleaning and I was shocked when I went to college and there were some people who were complete pigs because they had never taken care of themselves. I think mostly I was made to feel ashamed of my background by other people – once I took a cab to my parent’s house and the driver started ranting about selfish rich people – I don’t know if it is because they are envious, or just hate rich people, or what. It made me extremely angry because my parents worked hard for what they have and they shouldn’t be disparaged for enjoying what they worked for. So no, I don’t feel ashamed because my parents earned their position by working hard and being frugal, and they didn’t exactly hand anything over to me on a silver platter either, although I did have the benefits of my education and their support in my pursuing it.

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Name : Rachel30197, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Asian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 27, City : Boston, State : MA, Country : United States, Occupation : Attorney, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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