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If they're presenting the truth, they should be looking at what many types of black people are doing in multiple places with what results. If something made many succeed, then that should become part of a Reality-Based Narrative. If there's racism holding them back, there should be evidence of that. Any personality traits or tactics that successful ones use would be game. And so on.

A media group only interested in evidence for one hypothesis while suppressing counter-evidence is showing its bias in favor of promoting that hypothesis even if it's incorrect. They're lying for ratings/revenue. Typical in media with biases/narratives varying based on their customers' demographic.



Nonsense. Inc. wasn't writing an academic article about race and entrepreneurship. They were specifically looking for a feel good rags to riches story to highlight. He didn't fit the story that they want to tell, so he has no more reason to complain than you do as an upper middle class or wealthy white man.


That's another one. The narratives blend in his case where they expected him to start in one then end up in another.




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