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Lead plaintiff Frank Ricci, on the other hand, framed his victory in terms that evoke America, the land of opportunity: “If you work hard, you can succeed in America, and all of these guys worked hard,” he said on the steps of New Haven’s federal courthouse. True. But only part of a larger truth. And in historical terms, a strange sort of rhetoric to hear a white person laying claim to.
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Ricci shouldn’t have happened this way - By Emily Bazelon
Ah, yes, the temerity of a White American to lay claim to the notion of hard work equalling opportunity.
