Early life in Ely On growing up in Ely, he said: “I had a good schooling, although I am public in saying one teacher didn’t see the talent there and was a bit down on me going to law school. ”But why would a teacher provide such a negative, even without foundation, prognosis?Mr Mills said: “I think it was just about how people thought about people in Ely. ”Could there have been a racist overtone?Mr Mills responded: “It wasn’t a race thing that I was aware of, but the two could have been working together. “The way I see it, in Ely all the races come together.
Yes, there can be disputes, but it is poverty and the challenge of making a living that brings everyone together. “It transcends race as everyone is trying to make ends meet.
There are a lot of working households in Ely, as there were when I was there. “However, people have this suspicion that everyone is on benefits or is a scrounger and a criminal.
That’s not my experience of Ely. “Yes, there are people on benefits, but the majority are living in working households. The question is do they earn enough money to get by.
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