Ta-Nehisi Coates on Obama's blackness, America's white supremacy, and Trump's victory

Taking that one step further, consider the basic wealth gap between white and black people.

A gap like that doesn’t just muck up the lives of the wage-earners themselves, it mucks up the lives of everyone in that family. But I’m sure if they just “try harder” it’ll all be fine.

(Source: Black incomes are up, but wealth isn’t, Pew Research)

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