I really just want to echo what johnBooty (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11571398 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11571398) said and add my 2 cents.

I really just want to echo what johnBooty (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11571398 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11571398) said and add my 2 cents. Short version: I'm Irish, former illegal immigrant, naturalized citizen, pay my taxes, have a family, and consider myself a moderate success etc. 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. It exists, it is a thing, and we're obligated to do our best to make things better for everyone along thew way.