Miles morales is a black/latin male in brooklyn that was required to go to a school with higher education as quoted by his dad that he had no choice. The dad was referencing that its either he gets a higher education or he becomes a criminal or a bum which is common for minorities in the US in general. His dad wanted him to be better than him as he did not want miles to become like his uncle which was an actual criminal in hiding but was perseved as everything miles shouldnt be by his dad. I am assuming that his dad got the better education and became a cop to stop people from going into to crime with the uncle became the criminal and bum.