# Racial Injustice has Benefited Me - A Confession

<https://www.holypost.com/post/how-racial-injustice-has-benefited-me>

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## What Jamie wrote

This article by Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales, is a great look at his own success story and how his whiteness played such a critical role in it.

> Did I work hard?  Yes, but not unusually hard.  Not nearly as hard as many of my brown and black neighbors, who hold down multiple jobs just to pay rent.  Were we of above average intelligence?  I suppose so.  But so are many people who struggle to find opportunity in America.  So what made the difference?
> 
> We were white.
>
> And there it is.  So when I see people of color protesting injustice or living in poverty in wrecked communities, people in Ferguson, MO or Minneapolis or Chicago or Flint, MI, and I feel the urge to say, “Well, if you just worked harder you could do what I did...”
>
> That is a lie.

It would be an interesting task to write your own story with the recognition of the benefits you got like this.

_Trivia note: we used to be neighbors with [Rob Vischer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-vischer-7b46913b/), who is Phil Vischer's brother and a super smart and cool person._

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