What I Learned from No Bootstraps When You’re Barefoot by Wes Hall

1. You can’t expect someone to “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” when they have no resources or opportunities.
2. It is up to those who “make it” to open a path to where they are for those who come after them. That is how you uplift a whole community and not just yourself.
3. The worst thing about systemic racial inequality is its ability to hide itself. The best way to combat it is to expose it and make conscious effort to provide opportunities for the underrepresented.
4. Diligence, a desire for self-improvement, and an eye for opportunity are good virtues to have.
5. A lot of success comes down to luck.