æz ɐ jˈuːθ, hiː ɐplˈaɪd fɚɹə dʒˈɑːb æz ɐ nˈuːzpeɪpɚ dᵻlˈɪvɚɹi bˈɔɪ fɚðɪ oːɹɡˈoʊniən, bˌʌt hɪz ˌæplɪkˈeɪʃən wʌz ɹᵻdʒˈɛktᵻd ˌaʊɾəv kənsˈɜːnz ðæt hˌævɪŋ ɐ blˈæk dᵻlˈɪvɚɹi bˈɔɪ wʊd nˌɑːt biː ɐksˈɛptəbəl tə ðə pˈeɪpɚz wˈaɪt səbskɹˈaɪbɚz.
As a youth, he applied for a job as a newspaper delivery boy for The Oregonian, but his application was rejected out of concerns that having a black delivery boy would not be acceptable to the paper's white subscribers.