&quot;Playing the race card on why life is hard is a cop out.&quot;<p>What a shitty, thoughtless thing to say. Life is significantly harder for african americans. That&#x27;s a fact; dismissing experiences is an ignorant thing to do.<p>I&#x27;m pretty sure he knows he needs to keep on trucking in spite of that, or he wouldn&#x27;t be posting here. But being african american has and will cost him several &quot;well, let&#x27;s give this kid a chance&quot; foot-in-the-doors that white guys experience pretty frequently (like me).