After World War II, the economic boom was not restricted to White men. “There is a story white America has told itself,” Tankersley writes, “about how and where that boom occurred. A compelling example is that of Edward Green, a Black man in his 50s whose career Tankersley has followed for many years. “It’s easier,” Tankersley writes, “to turn Americans against each other than it is to focus them to change a system that perpetuates legacy power dynamics. The Riches of This LandThe Untold, True Story of America’s Middle ClassBy Jim Tankersley

Source: Washington Post August 14, 2020 12:44 UTC