In his viewpoint, the ghost represents the one who is justified as an odd man. "Ways" that he think are the discrimination, unfair justification, ignorance to the truth, and spreading fake news.
It has an impact on everyday use because it gives a different insight on how one person views an event or just anything in general. While one person may have viewed things in a certain way, another person would have caught onto more details or different things that someone else didnt