Bye-bye, whiny white dudes: Tucker Carlson, Tal Fortgang and the weakening grip of entitlement

[JustAnotherGen]

270. I don't know

I think it gave me an edge over other black Americans that did not grow up with the advantages I had. It did not give me an edge over a white male that started at the same point I did.

My paternal grandfather was a graduate of Morehouse in the 19-teens. His father never had less than 100K in the bank. A tremendous amount of money for a man born in the deep South in the Reconstruction Era.

It didn't insulate my grandfather - and it didn't open the door to Wall Street. It did give him a shot to get into the liquor business so he could send his nine surviving children to college ( born over an 18 year period) and the ability to leave all 33 of his grandchildren his "wealth" . . . When we turned 31 and had obtained a 4 year degree. Those were his rules.

Hence why I feel for Harold Ford. TN chewed him up and spit him out - good for him for getting that job on Wall Street that neither his grandfather ( we come from the same type of background) nor mine had a shot in hell at 100 years ago. I don't feel for Mitt Romney. If I have to feel for him or Jay Z - I feel for Jay Z. He's done well for himself - but admire the grit it took him to get where he is.

But he hasn't experienced the polite smile in your face then call you a nigger as you walk away that someone like Harold Ford has. I'd bet Jay Z has never been called uppity.