I don't know how strong the word rejected is. But he might have been rejected, for sure, because, um, a different era and my father was a disciplinarian, and he was quite a stern man in his own way.
Δεν ξέρω πόσο δύσκολο είναι να απορρίπτεσαι... αλλά δεν απερρίφθει, είμαι βέβαιος, ... λόγω της διαφορετικής φυλής αλλά λόγω χρημάτων...