A great column on "Check your privilege." By a college freshman, no less.

One-person sample size. Congrats. In fact, the data show that among industrialized nations, few have less economic mobility, relative to birth class, than us.

 

And yet we're still the one country where people try to come to, even illegally, with absolutely nothing to try to build a life. Imagine that.

 

Yeah, I can't figure out why Mexicans would come here and not Norway.

 

Especially since you just posted that they have less opportunity here two posts ago.

 

They do.

 

Yes Tony, you guys are the only country people try to come to.

 

Dad had a grad degree. Grandpa had his own business. Princeton boy had a head start over other kids whose parents don't have those things or the ability to get those things. Not everyone is a successful businessman or a good grad student.

 

Appreciate the link OT but the kid lost me at about 200 words into the 1500

 

When I was in college, I was passed over for the Editor position for my college newspaper. I was later told in confidence that the person i lost out to would have played the race card which is why they gave him the job. About 10 years later, my wife missed out on a job change (not a promotion but one that would have gotten her on a better schedule) because the other woman preemptively played it. The later I can't say with absolute confidence that's why she got it but there was more than three people (including a manager) who felt it the case.

 

And?

 

Being white actually worked against us in both scenarios.

And, yes, I'm aware there was a thread on here several months ago where many here blatantly said it was OK to hire a black person over a white for no reason other than race.

 

Regardless, that's hardly third base.

More like, he didn't come to the plate with two strikes against him. But then, a very small percentage of people do.