OH GOOD IT DECIDED TO FINALLY POST THANKS NOW I LOOK RIDICULOUS.
this month's BirdWhisperer is a Brown Shrike, a little guy that probably eats his meals in a totally normal way
(reference photo by Vinson Tan)
(cw timelapse, flashing, eyestrain)
Technically this is something my parents did but I was complacent to it, ig?
I have a family of five, we're really lucky to live comfortably due to my stepdads investments (back in the 80s) and my mom's work. Id say this lands us solidly middle to upper middle class.
Because we're such a busy and energetic family, some menial chores and tasks often went neglected. My mom tried to remind us (the kids) to do our assigned household chores, which didn't include our personal chores like laundry, dishes, cleaning our rooms, etc, but with 2/3 kids having ADHD, she got tired of reminding us. I know personally it's hard to remember to do some chores because the whole out of sight out of mind thing.
Well eventually this annoyed my mom enough to consider hiring a maid/cleaning service. My mom recently got a promotion of sorts and has the money for one.
A few weeks ago they got in contact with a business and now our main downstairs area is cleaned every other week. These women do a wonderful job and I know my parents pay them well, as per their business requirements.
The thing is, we're a fairly well off white family. I know it's not necessarily a bad thing to get a cleaning service but with our race and the race of these women (which I believe they're Hispanic) I feel kind of gross. I've been trying my best to eliminate any kind of unconscious, internal racial bias I may have been born with but this feels wrong to me. I feel like part of the problem.
Idk if it's just guilt or if I actually am complacent in something objectively wrong. AITA?