But at what point does hard work and perseverance get any credit? You're not doing anyone any favors by lumping them into "privileged" vs "disadvantaged" binary groups, you're promoting victimhood mindset while virtue signaling your politics.
There is a huge element of luck or privilege in having the intellectual space to be obsessed with code/math/business/design/etc at all, which factors in heavily as a filter, but yes, you need to do hella work as well. Being naturally smart is super helpful, too, and can cut the amount of work by a large factor, but by itself it's not enough.