How a group of neighborhood kids reminded some wealthy grownups of playground rules.

[Skidmore]

Well done. Good lesson in standing up for yourselves.


http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/10/15/rich-guys-try-kick-poor-kids-off-their-own-playing-field-get-life-lesson-video/



Rich Guys Try To Kick Poor Kids Off Their Own Playing Field, Get A Life Lesson Instead (VIDEO)

This is what happened when a group of wealthy, white tech workers in San Francisco attempted to kick a group of local kids off their playing field — they got a life lesson they’ll never forget.

The Mission Playing Field, enjoyed for decades as a shared public space, is being privatized by San Francisco Parks & Recreation in collusion with the private City Fields Foundation. Without community approval, the private foundation decided to issue costly permits to use the small traditional pick-up soccer field.

So, the inevitable happens and the entitled show up and try to kick the neighborhood kids off of the field at prime time without even showing their “permit.” They don’t want to wait their turn and play with everyone else.

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Valleywag, spotting the logo on the player’s shirts, was able to link these entitled guys to the IT company Dropbox and establish they were part of a corporate league. As the story went viral, chief offender among the interlopers, Jean-Denis Greze, issued a humble apology via twitter.

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[tk2kewl]

1. "Why don't we all just play?"

[freshwest]

2. The city sold the Commons off. Privatization creates economic apartheid in land and services.

And as the saying goes, 'the shortage will be divided among the peasants.' Think about what that really means. They can share the nothing.

Expect to see more of this until the kids learn to adapt to the fact they are no longer welcome. The firm apologized for this, but they are not going to give back that land. The wealthy believe they earned the land and those who are not wealthy are stealing what they see as rightfully theirs.

The kids want to share as they are the weaker party. The rich don't believe the kids have the right to this, so it's not over.