I was just alluding to the fact that he was probably a beneficiary of the New Deal and all the racist gatekeeping that period entailed. It was a time where certain people could very well go from rags to riches working their way up from the mailroom to the board room, going from a lowly grocery bagger to a proud small business owner of their own making.
What is always omitted is the fact you basically had to be an already relatively comfortable white man for any of that to actually apply.
Some black veterans did receive the benefit of the GI bill, but they were largely a minority compared to the rest. (When you remember that they formed a strong vanguard in the Civil Rights struggle, then you begin to realize why)
Even if he genuinely did and it's meant to be "inspiring"...
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I was just alluding to the fact that he was probably a beneficiary of the New Deal and all the racist gatekeeping that period entailed. It was a time where certain people could very well go from rags to riches working their way up from the mailroom to the board room, going from a lowly grocery bagger to a proud small business owner of their own making.
What is always omitted is the fact you basically had to be an already relatively comfortable white man for any of that to actually apply.
Some black veterans did receive the benefit of the GI bill, but they were largely a minority compared to the rest. (When you remember that they formed a strong vanguard in the Civil Rights struggle, then you begin to realize why)