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J.D. Vance Quote: “Part of the problem is how state laws define the family. For families like mine – and for many black and Hispanic families – grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles play an outsize role. Child services often cut them out of the picture, as they did in my case. Some states require occupational licensing for foster parents – just like nurses and doctors – even when the would-be foster parent is a grandmother or another close family member.”

201. “Part of the problem is how state laws define the family. For families like mine – and for many black and Hispanic families – grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles play an outsize role. Child services often cut them out of the picture, as they did in my case. Some states require occupational licensing for foster parents – just like nurses and doctors – even when the would-be foster parent is a grandmother or another close family member.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The life I lead now was the stuff of fantasy during my childhood. So many people helped create that fantasy. At every level of my life and in every environment, I have found family and mentors and lifelong friends who supported and.”

202. “The life I lead now was the stuff of fantasy during my childhood. So many people helped create that fantasy. At every level of my life and in every environment, I have found family and mentors and lifelong friends who supported and.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We rarely cook, even though it’s cheaper and better for the body and soul.”

203. “We rarely cook, even though it’s cheaper and better for the body and soul.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Children with multiple ACEs are more likely to struggle with anxiety and depression, to suffer from heart disease and obesity, and to contract certain types of cancers. They’re also more likely to underperform in school and suffer from relationship instability as adults. Even excessive shouting can damage a kid’s sense of security and contribute to mental health and behavioral issues down the road. Harvard.”

204. “Children with multiple ACEs are more likely to struggle with anxiety and depression, to suffer from heart disease and obesity, and to contract certain types of cancers. They’re also more likely to underperform in school and suffer from relationship instability as adults. Even excessive shouting can damage a kid’s sense of security and contribute to mental health and behavioral issues down the road. Harvard.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “My people were extreme, but extreme in the service of something – defending a sister’s honor or ensuring that a criminal paid for his crimes. The.”

205. “My people were extreme, but extreme in the service of something – defending a sister’s honor or ensuring that a criminal paid for his crimes. The.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The people who ran the courthouse were different from us. The people subjected to it were not. Identity.”

206. “The people who ran the courthouse were different from us. The people subjected to it were not. Identity.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We do know that working-class Americans aren’t just less likely to climb the economic ladder, they’re also more likely to fall off even after they’ve reached the top. I imagine that the discomfort they feel at leaving behind much of their identity plays at least a small role in this problem. One way our upper class can promote upward mobility, then, is not only by pushing wise public policies but by opening their hearts and minds to the newcomers who don’t quite belong. Though.”

207. “We do know that working-class Americans aren’t just less likely to climb the economic ladder, they’re also more likely to fall off even after they’ve reached the top. I imagine that the discomfort they feel at leaving behind much of their identity plays at least a small role in this problem. One way our upper class can promote upward mobility, then, is not only by pushing wise public policies but by opening their hearts and minds to the newcomers who don’t quite belong. Though.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Federal housing policy has actively encouraged homeownership, from Jimmy Carter’s Community Reinvestment Act to George W. Bush’s ownership society. But in the Middletowns of the world, homeownership comes at a steep social cost: As jobs disappear in a given area, declining home values trap people in certain neighborhoods. Even if you’d like to move, you can’t, because the bottom has fallen out of the market – you now owe more than any buyer is willing to pay.”

208. “Federal housing policy has actively encouraged homeownership, from Jimmy Carter’s Community Reinvestment Act to George W. Bush’s ownership society. But in the Middletowns of the world, homeownership comes at a steep social cost: As jobs disappear in a given area, declining home values trap people in certain neighborhoods. Even if you’d like to move, you can’t, because the bottom has fallen out of the market – you now owe more than any buyer is willing to pay.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We can definitely afford this; we’ll just pay for it with the refund check” became a Christmas mantra.”

209. “We can definitely afford this; we’ll just pay for it with the refund check” became a Christmas mantra.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Other authors have noted the terrible retention rates of evangelical churches and blamed precisely that sort of theology for their decline.19 I didn’t appreciate it as a kid. Nor did I realize that the religious views I developed during my early years with Dad were sowing the seeds for an outright rejection of the Christian faith.”

210. “Other authors have noted the terrible retention rates of evangelical churches and blamed precisely that sort of theology for their decline.19 I didn’t appreciate it as a kid. Nor did I realize that the religious views I developed during my early years with Dad were sowing the seeds for an outright rejection of the Christian faith.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Kind of boring, by some standards, but happy in a way you appreciate only when you understand the consequences of not being boring.”

211. “Kind of boring, by some standards, but happy in a way you appreciate only when you understand the consequences of not being boring.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “It is a testament to the class consciousness of my youth that my friends’ thoughts drifted first to the cost of an airplane flight.”

212. “It is a testament to the class consciousness of my youth that my friends’ thoughts drifted first to the cost of an airplane flight.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Sometimes, honey, you have to fight, even when you’re not defending yourself. Sometimes it’s just the right thing to do. Tomorrow you need to stand up for that boy, and if you have to stand up for yourself, then do that, too.”

213. “Sometimes, honey, you have to fight, even when you’re not defending yourself. Sometimes it’s just the right thing to do. Tomorrow you need to stand up for that boy, and if you have to stand up for yourself, then do that, too.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “In the broken world I saw around me – and for the people struggling in that world – religion offered tangible assistance to keep the faithful on track.”

214. “In the broken world I saw around me – and for the people struggling in that world – religion offered tangible assistance to keep the faithful on track.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Mamaw’s first foray into adulthood ended in tragedy. Today I often wonder: Without the baby, would she ever have left Jackson? Would she have run off with Jim Vance to foreign territory? Mamaw’s entire life – and the trajectory of our family – may have changed for a baby who lived only six days.”

215. “Mamaw’s first foray into adulthood ended in tragedy. Today I often wonder: Without the baby, would she ever have left Jackson? Would she have run off with Jim Vance to foreign territory? Mamaw’s entire life – and the trajectory of our family – may have changed for a baby who lived only six days.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The life I lead now was the stuff of fantasy during my childhood.”

216. “The life I lead now was the stuff of fantasy during my childhood.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Children with multiple ACEs are more likely to struggle with anxiety and depression, to suffer from heart disease and obesity, and to contract certain types of cancers. They’re also more likely to underperform in school and suffer from relationship instability as adults.”

217. “Children with multiple ACEs are more likely to struggle with anxiety and depression, to suffer from heart disease and obesity, and to contract certain types of cancers. They’re also more likely to underperform in school and suffer from relationship instability as adults.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “As I increasingly saw Mom’s behavior in myself, I tried to understand her.”

218. “As I increasingly saw Mom’s behavior in myself, I tried to understand her.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The moms and dads and grandparents didn’t wear suits like the lawyers and judge. They wore sweatpants and stretchy pants and T-shirts. Their hair was a bit frizzy. And it was the first time I noticed “TV accents” – the neutral accent that so many news anchors had. The social workers and the judge and the lawyer all had TV accents. None of us did. The people who ran the courthouse were different from us. The people subjected to it were not.”

219. “The moms and dads and grandparents didn’t wear suits like the lawyers and judge. They wore sweatpants and stretchy pants and T-shirts. Their hair was a bit frizzy. And it was the first time I noticed “TV accents” – the neutral accent that so many news anchors had. The social workers and the judge and the lawyer all had TV accents. None of us did. The people who ran the courthouse were different from us. The people subjected to it were not.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Despite our efforts to draw bright lines between the working and nonworking poor, Mamaw and I recognized that we shared a lot in common with those whom.”

220. “Despite our efforts to draw bright lines between the working and nonworking poor, Mamaw and I recognized that we shared a lot in common with those whom.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Social psychologists have shown that group belief is a powerful motivator in performance.”

221. “Social psychologists have shown that group belief is a powerful motivator in performance.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “But I often wonder: Where would I be without them? I think.”

222. “But I often wonder: Where would I be without them? I think.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grow up like me.”

223. “I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grow up like me.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “I want people to know what it feels like to nearly give up on yourself and why you might do it.”

224. “I want people to know what it feels like to nearly give up on yourself and why you might do it.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “This is really striking – four in every ten working-class people had faced multiple instances of childhood trauma. For the non–working class, that number was 29 percent.”

225. “This is really striking – four in every ten working-class people had faced multiple instances of childhood trauma. For the non–working class, that number was 29 percent.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “These were quirks, and at first I understood them as little more than strict rules that I could either comply with or get around. Yet I was a curious kid, and the deeper I immersed myself in evangelical theology, the more I felt compelled to mistrust many sectors of society.”

226. “These were quirks, and at first I understood them as little more than strict rules that I could either comply with or get around. Yet I was a curious kid, and the deeper I immersed myself in evangelical theology, the more I felt compelled to mistrust many sectors of society.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Papaw wasn’t ideal company for a beautiful seventeen-year-old girl with an active social life. Thus, she took advantage of him in the same way that every young girl takes advantage of a father: She loved and admired him, she asked him for things that he sometimes gave her, and she didn’t pay him a lot of attention when she was around her friends. To.”

227. “Papaw wasn’t ideal company for a beautiful seventeen-year-old girl with an active social life. Thus, she took advantage of him in the same way that every young girl takes advantage of a father: She loved and admired him, she asked him for things that he sometimes gave her, and she didn’t pay him a lot of attention when she was around her friends. To.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “But experience can be a difficult teacher, and it taught me that this story of economic insecurity is, at best, incomplete.”

228. “But experience can be a difficult teacher, and it taught me that this story of economic insecurity is, at best, incomplete.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Not everything came easy. I always fancied myself a decent writer, but.”

229. “Not everything came easy. I always fancied myself a decent writer, but.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “As we talked, I noticed little quirks that few others would. He didn’t want to share his milk shake, which.”

230. “As we talked, I noticed little quirks that few others would. He didn’t want to share his milk shake, which.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “So I didn’t write this book because I’ve accomplished something extraordinary. I wrote this book because I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grow up like me. You see, I grew up poor, in the Rust Belt, in an Ohio steel town that has been hemorrhaging jobs and hope for as long as I can remember.”

231. “So I didn’t write this book because I’ve accomplished something extraordinary. I wrote this book because I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grow up like me. You see, I grew up poor, in the Rust Belt, in an Ohio steel town that has been hemorrhaging jobs and hope for as long as I can remember.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “He was hungry. IN 2014, in the richest country on earth, he wanted a little extra to eat but felt uncomfortable asking. Lord help us.”

232. “He was hungry. IN 2014, in the richest country on earth, he wanted a little extra to eat but felt uncomfortable asking. Lord help us.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We ate the same foods, watched the same sports, and practiced the same religion. That’s why I felt so much kinship with those people at the courthouse: They were hillbilly transplants in one way or another, just like me.”

233. “We ate the same foods, watched the same sports, and practiced the same religion. That’s why I felt so much kinship with those people at the courthouse: They were hillbilly transplants in one way or another, just like me.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There is a lack of agency here – a feeling that you have little control over your life and a willingness to blame everyone but yourself. This is distinct from the larger economic landscape of modern America.”

234. “There is a lack of agency here – a feeling that you have little control over your life and a willingness to blame everyone but yourself. This is distinct from the larger economic landscape of modern America.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There’re fewer emotional and financial resources when the only people in a neighborhood are low-income. You just can’t lump them together, because then you have a bigger pool of hopelessness.”

235. “There’re fewer emotional and financial resources when the only people in a neighborhood are low-income. You just can’t lump them together, because then you have a bigger pool of hopelessness.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “You can’t ignore stories like this when you talk about equal opportunity.”

236. “You can’t ignore stories like this when you talk about equal opportunity.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Our large group left an awful mess... I couldn’t imagine leaving it all for some poor guy to clean up, so I stayed behind. Of a dozen classmates, only one person helped me: my buddy Jamil... I told Jamil that we were probably the only people in the school who’d ever had to clean up someone else’s mess.”

237. “Our large group left an awful mess... I couldn’t imagine leaving it all for some poor guy to clean up, so I stayed behind. Of a dozen classmates, only one person helped me: my buddy Jamil... I told Jamil that we were probably the only people in the school who’d ever had to clean up someone else’s mess.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “In a paper analyzing the data, Chetty and his coauthors noted two important factors that explained the uneven geographic distribution of opportunity: the prevalence of single parents and income segregation. Growing up around a lot of single moms and dads and living in a place where most of your neighbors are poor really narrows the realm of possibilities. It means that unless you have a Mamaw and Papaw to make sure you stay the course, you might never make it out.”

238. “In a paper analyzing the data, Chetty and his coauthors noted two important factors that explained the uneven geographic distribution of opportunity: the prevalence of single parents and income segregation. Growing up around a lot of single moms and dads and living in a place where most of your neighbors are poor really narrows the realm of possibilities. It means that unless you have a Mamaw and Papaw to make sure you stay the course, you might never make it out.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Professors and classmates seemed genuinely interested in what seemed to me a superficially boring story: I.”

239. “Professors and classmates seemed genuinely interested in what seemed to me a superficially boring story: I.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Are we tough enough to look ourselves in the mirror and admit that our conduct harms our children? Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us. Recall.”

240. “Are we tough enough to look ourselves in the mirror and admit that our conduct harms our children? Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us. Recall.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “How do you ask a professor if the judge he’s recommending you to is a nice lady? It’s.”

241. “How do you ask a professor if the judge he’s recommending you to is a nice lady? It’s.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We spend to pretend that we’re upper-class. And when the dust clears – when bankruptcy hits or a family member bails us out of our stupidity – there’s nothing left over.”

242. “We spend to pretend that we’re upper-class. And when the dust clears – when bankruptcy hits or a family member bails us out of our stupidity – there’s nothing left over.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “But hillbillies shared many regional characteristics with the southern blacks arriving in Detroit.”10 One.”

243. “But hillbillies shared many regional characteristics with the southern blacks arriving in Detroit.”10 One.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There were many thumbs put on my scale. When I look back at my life, what jumps out is how many variables had to fall in place in order to give me a chance.”

244. “There were many thumbs put on my scale. When I look back at my life, what jumps out is how many variables had to fall in place in order to give me a chance.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “That said, I do hope that readers of this book will be able to take from it an appreciation of how class and family affect the poor without filtering their views through a racial prism.”

245. “That said, I do hope that readers of this book will be able to take from it an appreciation of how class and family affect the poor without filtering their views through a racial prism.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Reams of social science attest to the positive effect of a loving and stable home. I could cite a dozen studies suggesting that Mamaw’s home offered me not just a short-term haven but also hope for a better life. Entire volumes are devoted to the phenomenon of “resilient children” – kids who prosper despite an unstable home because they have the social support of a loving adult.”

246. “Reams of social science attest to the positive effect of a loving and stable home. I could cite a dozen studies suggesting that Mamaw’s home offered me not just a short-term haven but also hope for a better life. Entire volumes are devoted to the phenomenon of “resilient children” – kids who prosper despite an unstable home because they have the social support of a loving adult.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Barack Obama strikes at the heart of our deepest insecurities.”

247. “Barack Obama strikes at the heart of our deepest insecurities.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We become hardwired for conflict. And that wiring remains, even when there’s no more conflict to be had.”

248. “We become hardwired for conflict. And that wiring remains, even when there’s no more conflict to be had.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The wealthy and the powerful aren’t just wealthy and powerful; they follow a different set of norms and mores.”

249. “The wealthy and the powerful aren’t just wealthy and powerful; they follow a different set of norms and mores.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “My primary aim is to tell a true story about what that problem feels like when you were born with it hanging around your neck.”

250. “My primary aim is to tell a true story about what that problem feels like when you were born with it hanging around your neck.”

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