Charity had always slightly creeped me out: There was nothing quite as condescending as the phrase “helping the less fortunate” rolling off the tongue of a white professional, as if poverty were a matter of luck instead of the result of a political system.

Charity had always slightly creeped me out: There was nothing quite as condescending as the phrase “helping the less fortunate” rolling off the tongue of a white professional, as if poverty were a matter of luck instead of the result of a political system.

– Sara Miles –

Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion

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