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Grass8989 t1_jcag86j wrote

Reply to comment by joshmoviereview in Not Even This City Councilman Can Find an Apartment in New York City by CactusBoyScout

“Mr. Ossé is the son of a prominent hip-hop lawyer and podcaster, Reggie Ossé, better known as Combat Jack, who died in 2017. Mr. Ossé acknowledges his privileges.”

He’s been able to live in his parents townhome rent free before getting a job with an $150k salary at 24, and even with that salary is still complaining about mundane things like not being able to find an apartment with a washer and dryer. That’s privilege.

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burnshimself t1_jcakxf9 wrote

Why do you hate this man so much? We’re going to crucify him for making $150?

He comes from a supportive family, sure, but he went to school on scholarship and doesn’t seem like he is a trust fund baby at all. Tons of people live at home with their parents after college and I’d argue there the opposite of privilege - privilege is mom and dad paying for you to have your own apartment. And he’s used that opportunity, his education and that support to be an activist working to better his community - a noble pursuit.

There are hundreds of thousands more egregious instances of nepotism and more insulting income levels, I see no point in picking on this guy.

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