In the interview Sir Lewis states that he would have preferred to become an engineer but in the colonial England he wouldn't have got a job with it. So instead he became an economist- thanks to British racism.
Related;
W. Arthur Lewis: Evolution of the International Economic Order
Which Nobel Laureate was rejected by The Economist magazine?
They said that they could not hire a black journalist since he would have to interview people who might refuse to see him because of his color
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