(12-30-2021 04:07 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(12-30-2021 03:27 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(12-30-2021 02:19 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(12-30-2021 12:41 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Last night, I left my phone at a meeting.

This morning, I got an email from a very rich man saying he had it, and I could pick it up at his office.

The email was sent at 4:53 am. Meeting broke up about 11:00.

Maybe this guy got rich by working 14-18 hours/day, 6-7 days a week, and taking chances with his money (currently building two new stores), rather than just by being white and expecting the government to take care of him.

Then again, maybe not.

What is the moral of your story? That white people are more successful than POC because they work harder? Help me out here.

I don't see that he mentioned race. I find that interesting that you injected it, or did I miss it somewhere?

You missed it. I was wondering why he included race in his story.

I understand (and agree) with the point that hard-working/risk-taking people deserve to be rewarded. I am a capitalist after all. I didn't understand how race comes into play.

I did miss it, mea culpa... but like numbers, the first place I'd go is that it demonstrated that he was successful because of his hard work, and not because of his race/privelege.

Its weird how in two different threads, the left and right see completely different conversations.