http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/business/racial-wealth-gap-persists-despite-degree-study-says.html
Growing up I was told a college degree was the key to a better job, higher salaries, and a better life. That's still largely true, but more true if you're white than if you're Black or Latino/a. The differences are especially stark when you look not at income, but at wealth.