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“Yes, you’ll see. A lot of things in life aren’t fair. Luck isn’t fair either, but it really helps.”
William Sr. thought that he’d gotten everything that he wanted, while William Jr. began to see everything that he lacked.
“With your excellence, you make white people feel uncomfortable because you threaten their illusion that life is a meritocracy,” Professor Hill continued. “They believe that they’ve worked hard to get here and that because you’re Black, you’ve cheated.
A truth deep rooted in misguided perceptions of laziness, unfairly stereotyped on the very people which built the country .
