Going from bailing hay during the summers in a town called Hope to New York City and starting a startup, all the while having learned on my own not to hate peop

Going from bailing hay during the summers in a town called Hope to New York City and starting a startup, all the while having learned on my own not to hate people. Hope has a volunteer fire department, a church, and a post office... only... and is more than 97 percent caucasian. New York City is, well, a melting pot of epic proportions. Perhaps I shouldn't be proud. At the very least I'm humbled and encouraged that just because you're surrounded by something doesn't mean you are necessarily that something.