Urban Life

"If black America were a country, it would have a worse life expectancy than Mexico, a worse homicide rate than Ivory Coast and a higher proportion of its citizens behind bars than anywhere on earth. In terms of social mobility, it would be far harder to rise through the wealth ranks than in white America, however wealthy the starting point."

"The gap between what black and white families earn is large enough. The wealth gap is much larger: the median white family in 2013 had net assets of $142,000; the median black family had a paltry $11,000."