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It's a good sentiment, but I'll note it's probably also easier to not feel like a victim when your uncle owns a bank and your grandfather is a Federal judge... the article simultaneously says he "didn't have much money" and that he owned multiple rental income properties.

Everyone has a struggle but I doubt Munger was actually ever truly "broke". These bootstrapping stories always have some hidden safety net that is de-emphasized.

Yeah, I knew that about CT but he mentioned there were "many" Black students. I don't know why exactly but from his phrasing it doesn't sound like he was at a white minority school.

All white people in America have an unfair advantage. That’s what white privilege is. If you actually care about this, research Peggy McIntosh and the concept of the invisible knapsack. Two very simple examples:

1. In the majority of industries in the US, a white person can rise to the upper echelons of that industry without meaningfully interacting with majority groups that don’t look like them.

2. White names have a better response rate with equivalent resumes than ethnic names.

There are dozens if not hundreds more tangible advantages that being white has. Does this mean that it’s not hard to be poor and white? No. But no matter what your class is in the US, it is advantageous to be white if you want to move up.