Born on Third Base: Part 3
For my part of Born on Third Base Chuck Collins describes the realities of privilege. Collins writes whether we choose to acknowledge it or not many of us have been endowed with the “wind at your back” as Collins calls it based solely on your gender, your sexual orientation and most overwhelmingly the color of your skin. For centuries certain people have been playing a rigged game refusing to accept their advantage which has stopped many others from being given equal opportunities. One of the stories Collins recounts is the time he gave a talk at the Norwood Retired Men’s Club. Most of the men there had served during World War II. His talk addressed the disparity between the rich and the poor. He focused specifically on the way World War II was a direct contributor to the wealth gap between white people and black people. He discusses how many of the men benefited directly as a result of subsidies for soldiers coming home after the war. Collins recounts the various ...