Ignore for a minute the privilege and the class stratification implied, and notice the straightforward racism couched in terms of American exceptionalism.
"If black people study hard and work hard, they stand just as good a chance of success as anybody else."
The implication being that since most black people are still having inordinate difficulty attaining the status and the wealth and the success that white people enjoy here in USAmerica, then there must be something wrong with black people.
But no - there's no racism here - certainly no systemic racism - we're not a society built on racist policies - blah blah blah.
Tim Wise: It's not a glitch, it's a feature. The system has not failed brown people - the system is working as designed.
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