I don’t know when I first heard a version of this quote, but it’s been present in my consciousness for as long as I can remember. It taps into existential guilt I feel about being born white, American and well-off. Not only did I grow up with plenty of food to eat, plenty of clothes to wear and live in a big house on a nice street, I was also well-aware that I had, as Dr. Suess says,
Brains in my head
And feet in my shoes,
I could steer myself
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