I really just want to echo what johnBooty (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11571398" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11571398</a>) said and add my 2 cents.<p>Short version: I&#x27;m Irish, former illegal immigrant, naturalized citizen, pay my taxes, have a family, and consider myself a moderate success etc.<p>I worked very, very hard to get to here I am now, but I guarantee you that that fact that I am white (and spoke English as a first language helped too) played its part too.<p>It exists, it is a thing, and we&#x27;re obligated to do our best to make things better for everyone along thew way.