[OPINION] Kayod kalabaw: Intergenerational poverty and the fallacy of 'diskarte'

'When I graduated, I remember my mom telling me: this is the product of my hard work.... But is my triumph of sorts, is my ability to achieve what I dreamed to be, really just purely the product of my own hard work?' artph RapplerArt by DR Castuciano

The journey to being a neurosurgeon was not easy. I was seven when I first said I would not get married; I would be a neurosurgeon and save lives. This was in the aftermath of my grandfather suffering from a cerebral aneurysm rupture leading to a hemorrhagic stroke.

To put it simply and frankly, we think the poor are lazy and that is why they are poor. If only they work hard, they would not be poor. Multiple studies in economics and sociology, however, are beginning to discount this notion, this myth of “hard work” always leading to success, when in the race of life everyone begins at different starting points. What is worse, the race track is not even a level playing field. Some of us begin in deep trenches, some of us begin right next to the finish line.

They posited that the reason for such perpetuation is simply in the socio-economic circumstances surrounding children who grow up in poverty. They are likely to be in poorer neighborhoods with poorer quality of education – hence they don’t get cognitive stimulation. They are likely to be in poorer health – hence their growth and development are stunted. They are likely to be forced to work at an earlier age to support their families – hence they do not have the time to learn a specialized skill.

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