Big day today. My first Costco grocery delivery. And just look what you can buy! They seem to have opted for a better system than most supermarkets. There is no delivery slot to book – you just order goods and they deliver sealed boxes of goods by a standard box delivery service. True, the range is limited and the prices are not always the lowest, but they do some stuff that is hard to find (I found it hard to find un-popped popcorn anywhere else).
And Formula 1 is back – so I will have popcorn with the race this weekend.
It was interesting listening to Lewis Hamilton talk about his hardships as he grew up. It got me wondering about how easy it would have been for me to become an F1 driver. Not really an option. Becoming an F1 driver is about access, and there are a wide range of barriers to access. Skin colour is certainly one, but actually finance is probably a bigger one. Lewis may have been disadvantaged because of his skin colour, but there were many white kids that had even less access than him.
I’ve seen racial bias in action, but it always seems more extreme where people have less money. Over the past half century the rich/poor divide has been growing. I wonder how much racism could be reduced by dealing with poverty.