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Normally I'd agree, but his father made his fortune from emerald mining in apartheid South Africa. Elon went to an all-white prep school that explicitly didn't allow black students. There's a pretty high chance that Elon was raised in a household that may not have been amazing on the whole racism front.
This is probably not accurate. https://www.insidehook.com/article/history/errol-musk-elon-f... Looks like his fathers background is actually hard to pin down. A biographer of Musk believes his father made most of his wealth from his engineering business. > Elon was born on June 28, 1971, to Errol and his wife Maye Musk when they were both in their 20s. This is important because the parents divorced in 1979, nine year…
It's a primary source, not speculation. Here's some additional context: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musks-dad-tells-bi-abou...