What is wealth?

This documentary is apart of a Netflix original titled: Explained. It seeks to explain what the racial wealth gap is… what it consists of… and what it means to African Americans. As I watched some of the usual glaring threats to the creation of black wealth: generational wealth inequality, misunderstanding of housing power, red lining, subprime loans (loans that start small but balloon towards the end), targeting black churches,

Senator Cory Bookers family sets up a sting operation, in an effort to cash-in on that power and the story was transformative for him and his family. Fox news and Cnn both chime in briefly with their takes on things and there’s also a Ta-Nehisi Coates siting. The result is a 20 minutes snapshot into the Netflix’s synopsis of America’s Racial Wealth Gap and it’s definitely 20 minutes well spent. Drop your comments below after you’ve watched it!