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But western born and raised.

I ask because I see a lot of narrow minded people on here.

I was hired for $15 in my industry. They gave me a chance w no experience. In my last job i was hired for $12 I was happy w $15 and didn't know any better. I have been on the job for 3.5 years. No raise in that time... I finally decide it is time to ask for a raise. I do my research and see the company avg is already $21 an hour. I politely request a meeting for a salary adjustment. My boss tells me it will have to wait.

In my 3.5 years I have improved every year, I have taken on new responsibilities. I have helped train new hires. I am helping a new hire and say , what the heck, ill ask what she is making. She tells me she is starting at $22 an hour. Here I am training her at $15. She has no experience and frankly, looks like she won't be good at the job. No complaints. I politely explain to my boss that I would really like to consider a salary adjustment.
He tells me that it is unlikely and they probably won't raise my salary past the usual 5% no matter what phrase I want to use. That is about a 35c raise.
I feel completely disrespected and underappreciated. Im training someone who can't write complete sentences and she is making so much more than me. I am now struggling with what my next option is. Do I leave or stick it out?

I've declared here that I am no longer mad about my stepdad and his views, but I really want to ask a question here. Is little Nas X's "Montero" album name satanic? My brother, who is 10, says that it's satanic. We were eating, having Chick-fil-A at the dinner table (I'm not surprised, the restaurant attracts many homophobes; although my relatives aren't), and we started talking about little Nas X and his gayness.

My stepdad wasn't, and isn't, homophobic at all. He teaches my brother simple things such as, "Treat them like humans," "Don't think less of them," and "When you get older, you will see more bad [than good]." But he often says things that are out of line with today's political and social correctness. And he's pro-claimed, "very righteous." It's not even bad compared to what I hear Joe Rogan, Bill Maher and Dave Chappelle say, and those are obviously some centrist libertarians themselves.

Despite voting for Trump and mostly Republicans, my stepdad really had the audacity to release the 'inner Democrat' from himself. He's still an ardent "all lives matter" type of person, but isn't a fan of late-stage capitalism (the Bezos/Musk type) and holds rioters equally as accountable as the bad cops.

Back to the subject: I asked my brother, "Did you know [that] there was an SUV named the [Mitsubishi] Montero?" The brother said, "No, Montello [how he pronounced it]." My mom and my stepdad withheld any more discussions about gay people and "satanic people." My stepdad said he will raise his son [my brother] to be an "outstanding...[something]... gentleman." After my brother explained to my mom that his own name means "Resurrection," my mom told him that "yes, [he] has a very good name."