Could it be that they don ' t want you to have to make the sacrifices they did ? It ' s not easy to be a lawyer or a doctor , it ' s not just the education , both careers are also very demanding . My dad was a lawyer and I barely saw him for most of my childhood , he had to leave family vacations to get back for court dates , he worked 70 hour weeks . You know your parents better than I do , and maybe they have some internalized racism , or maybe they ' re just worried about you . I think you should talk to them about it . Next time they ask you about your career choices ask them why they ' re so concerned . Their answer will tell you a lot . <| sep |> I came here to day this . It wasn ' t years though , it was a few months . Also , to further discredit this theorys in the 80 s , hfcs was considered a healthy alternative to cane sugar , and many people welcomed the change . A lot of companies marketed the hell out of HFCS . There was no reason for Coke to make a fake product to make the change .