It's probably the part where I mentioned the cultural aspect of my friend's experience, including trying hard in school resulting in being scoffed at or bullied

It's probably the part where I mentioned the cultural aspect of my friend's experience, including trying hard in school resulting in being scoffed at or bullied for "acting white". Also, the "people need the governments help to escape it" was very much not the moral of this particular parable. All it took was a father who gave a damn.