Same family income, same street, but the black boy still grows up to earn less

This article I stumbled across is a few months old but is very important and eye-opening.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...grows-up-to-earn-less/?utm_term=.831b384276e4


Virtually nowhere in the United States do black boys grow up to earn incomes equivalent to white boys raised in the same neighborhoods by parents with comparable wealth and education levels, according to a study released Monday that followed millions of children now in their late 30s or turning 40.


The disparity holds true even for black boys raised in the wealthiest of families, who grew up on the same block in the same affluent community and attended the same school as their white counterparts. The findings shows that race -- not just parental income or neighborhood opportunities -- factors into the yawning wealth gapbetween blacks and whites in America........

 

Not surprised at all. No such thing as a meritocracy.

 

the white boy probably joined a fraternity that allows him to have job and career connections while the black boy didn't