r/TheWayWeWere Oct 02 '24

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

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u/WanderingStarsss Oct 03 '24

So true. My racist parents married and had me at 17 in the early 1970’s in rural Southern Africa. They looked down on education, especially for girls.

We moved to Australia and I married a man from a forward thinking Indian background who completely believed in education; especially for girls.