There’s Nothing Stopping You Now: Coleman Hughes on Race and Poverty in America | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster | Hoover Institution
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The Danger of Minimizing Racism
If I were a poor black kid, growing up with none of the advantages that many people listening probably have had, what would be the best message for me to hear? But by all means, try. But keep in mind, everything's against you, right? You will have to work twice as hard to get half as far. Or should, should you give me a realistic, charitable perception of what I'm able to achieve so that I actually feel like I can, like, I ought to strive for it, right? I'll tell you a story. My grandfather just turned 90 years old. For his birthday, he wrote 30, 40 pages of memoir. And he included a story
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