Status Updates From Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir o...

really was not expecting jd to open with talking about how poor whites still have it better than many latino immigrants and black americans….and how all the “welfare queens” he has known were white….hate that term but wtf is happening

feeling problematic for picking this up but im curious….

…she stumbled upon an analogy that described me perfectly. I was she said a turtle. Whenever something bad happens-even a hint of disagreement-you withdraw completely. It’s like you have a shell that you hide in.
I had no idea how to deal with relationship problems, so I chose not to deal with them at all.

Chapter 13 is elite. How hard it is to claw your way out of your social standing when the small things which may help you seem a foreign concept. A testament to tapping into the people around you. Asking anyone and everyone for help.

chapter 5- the kid being bullied that was silent and couldn’t be stood up for and his grandma mentions standing up for those who can’t

“If you believe that hard work pays off, then you work hard; if you think it’s hard to get ahead even if you try, then why try at all”