Mackenzie Fierceton On Her Battle With UPenn
Deconstructed
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Is That the End of the Foster System?
M i didn't encounter many kids who came from a background like me when i was eno, the two years that i was living in foster families. It's not because there isn't abuse or neglect going on in these in families that looked like mine, im, or biological families that look like mine. I think it's the reflection of the systemic prejudices that we have. Like you said, there's also the cultural stereotype of, like, you know, orphan annie and oliver twist. That start so early on, an in, deep in, the i guess, culture r media that we encounter that, i think really engrains that into people.
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