this is true for me and i'm not even first generation.
>

>it's clear to me
>the biggest thing missing in his life was someone to mentor
>him and tell him exactly what he needed to do after he left
>Yale. Dude was groping around trying to figure out what to do
>with that Yale degree and all it would have taken is someone
>to point out how he could have leverage that to make the type
>of money he wanted. A lot of first generation college don't
>realize that making it to college is really just the start of
>it all and they have all sorts of decisions to make after that
>to obtain a Good Life.
>
>Meanwhile their wealthy counterparts are being advised on what
>courses to take, where to intern and have jobs lined up when
>they are done with school.
>

>
>Personally, even though I come from a good family and have
>done pretty well for myself, I still feel that I am about one
>generation behind my white counterparts. Considering My
>father's grandfather was a slave, that's damn good. But yeah.
>

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