“...the only way for an African American kid to be successful in America is to be an exception to the rule...”
Actually, if you remove the word, “African”, it is a pretty true statement, depending on your definition of “successful”. Most people don’t own their own business, and most small businesses fail. There are not a lot of CEO’s of fortune 500 companies and even professional sports figures are one in ten thousand.
For ANYONE to be “successful”, they have to be the exception to the rule - IMO.
Nailed it, cuban leaf!