I left home with a little savings I had from working fast food in high school and no car. Get job. Do well at it. Get better job. Do well at it. Repeat.
Spend every dollar like it matters.
Keep your hands off of other people and their stuff.
Don’t make babies you can’t support.
Continue keeping your hands off of other people and their stuff.
Life is good.
You want to really know what the African American disadvantage is? It’s people telling them that they can’t succeed because of what color their skin is. People who are the role models of black youths glorifying the worst life decisions a person can make.
It’s a psychological issue. Has nothing to do with economics. There are millions of immigrants who come here with literally nothing but the clothes they wear, to become some of our most successful and highest earning citizens.