1)I'm not looking for "reparations"
2)I don't have a degree from a single Ivy League university,let alone two.
3)I've never made anything near $300,000 a year
4)I would never,in a thousand years,wear (or own) a pair of $500 sneakers although I could *afford* to own such a pair.
5)I would never,in a million years,wear a $500 pair of sneakers to a soup kitchen.
6)In spite of everything,I've *always* been proud to be an American.
Change Irish for Scots-Irish and Filipino and I agree with you 100%.