"if i were a poor black kid."

After an article called “ if I was a poor black kid” by Forbs., I would say that this article is mostly about what teens of ANY race should do to succeed in life. I found that the article was mainly just tips about how to do well in school. Every tip that was provided was already common knowledge that any kid no matter where live or what income they have already known. I didn’t think that the author accomplished his goal of speaking out to one race. He brought up how some libraries are free, how its more affordable to have internet access and a computer but those are all assumptions that you have a car to get to the library or that the library is in walking distance if there even is one. The author was also assuming that what is affordable for him is going to be affordable to everyone including the poor. I feel like this author just felt like writing an article out of nowhere one day and didn’t put in the time or effort to cite facts or get a stronger understanding of his topic. He also didn’t narrow down his topic to specifically to the race he was supposed to be talking about.  After reading the comments that others had on this article I can see that I’m not the only one who feels this way about the article. I’m very disappointed because the title of his article is so misleading. I’m sure there were a lot kids like me who thought that they would gain something by reading it and maybe it would even help poor black children succeed but the article didn’t. I found the article to be a huge let down.