I lived and experienced much of what you described. Growing up in a lower-class white neighborhood that was block busted, saw what little equity my parents had built up in their home greatly diminished. But I was lucky, I went to an excellent, though segregated public high school and received an excellent high school education. Fortunately, I was a good enough student and athlete that I received a full scholarship to one of Americas great Universities. But having grown up "on the wrong side of the tracks", I didn't acquire the social capital that my upper-class fellow students acquired. But my neighborhood mates who didn't get a good basic education, didn't fare as well. They were also, quite racist proving this basic premise of your article.
I lived and experienced much of what you described. Growing up in a lower-class white neighborhood that was block busted, saw what little equity my parents had built up in their home greatly diminished. But I was lucky, I went to an excellent, though segregated public high school and received an excellent high school education. Fortunately, I was a good enough student and athlete that I received a full scholarship to one of Americas great Universities. But having grown up "on the wrong side of the tracks", I didn't acquire the social capital that my upper-class fellow students acquired. But my neighborhood mates who didn't get a good basic education, didn't fare as well. They were also, quite racist proving this basic premise of your article.