18| Poverty is an intentional genocide.

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18| Poverty is an intentional genocide.

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Feb 8, 2023

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Ismatu Gwendolyn, clinical social worker and former impoverished child, doubles down on the ugly (and obvious) truth of why poverty exists in the first place. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ismatu.substack.com/subscribe

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Feb 8, 2023

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The pieces of my world-making I stitch together into a quilt: love studies. Black feminism. Other things binding me together at the seams. Cozy up and pour some tea. ismatu.substack.com

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