I think it’s really easy to underestimate how the cards fell just right for you. It often feels like one’s own experience is common enough that successes are all our own. It leads to folks misunderstanding things like institutional racism, or the way increasing housing and education costs have fundamentally changed the experience of American dream.
I really appreciate the simple examples you give that show how the author’s timing (1965) was a great “hand” to have been dealt, and had all things been the same 50 years later the game may have played out differently.
I really appreciate the simple examples you give that show how the author’s timing (1965) was a great “hand” to have been dealt, and had all things been the same 50 years later the game may have played out differently.