Nate Sherry: Stand in Solidarity

Nate Sherry addresses income disparity in Marin County.

When Marin County is mentioned in conversation, what typically comes to mind are the mansions, the coastlines and the state’s top-performing schools. What they do not notice are the households scraping by, the under-resourced schools in certain school districts or the communities living in the shadows of such excesses. As a resident student in Marin, however, it has dawned on me that this county’s wealth gap is not just a statistic — it’s a day-by-day reality affecting lives in different ways.

The contrast is most striking if you compare a place like Tiburon with Marin City. They are worlds apart in terms of opportunity, a short drive from one another. Marin City, a former hub for Black workers in warships in World War II, continues to suffer the long-term consequences of redlining, disinvestment and segregation by race…

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