Author: Walter Gainer II

We associate status, intelligence, and importance with our job titles. However,  COVID-19 has taught us that, perhaps the jobs we held in high regard aren’t necessarily  “essential,” while those roles we previously may have “looked down” upon are necessities for survival. I have been reflecting on whether our most recent praises of these “essential” roles are misguided and even patronizing. Many of our essential workers are going into work because they actually don’t have much of a choice.