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I am curious to know how he avoided using his college education and the attendant cultural support. Did he take on an affected "low" accent, alter his skin colo
by lurker19 15y ago
I am curious to know how he avoided using his college education and the attendant cultural support. Did he take on an affected "low" accent, alter his skin color, give himself a few scars indicative of an unhealthy upbringing or a tour of duty in Iraq, deprive himself of sleep to simulate average intelligence, and invite some folks to play hanger-on friends and family?
- ianferrel 15y agoObviously, there's a limit to the extent that he could make himself lose the benefits of race, intelligence, and education. But I think he did a pretty reasonable job. He moved to a city semi-at-random, where he had no friends or family. He never claimed to have any more than a high school diploma. He lived in a homeless shelter and worked day-labor jobs until he could save enough to move out (with a roommate he met in the homeless shelter).