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After reading “Where Race Lives” I now understand why minorities feel as if the government is not giving them equal opportunities. The government stepped in to essentially give white America chances to build their wealth and style of living. This left African Americans and Latinos to a disadvantage. “The median white family had over 8 times the net worth of the median Black family. The gap is even greater for Latinos - the median white household has over 12 times the wealth of the median Latino family.” All the United States Government has done is install discrimination policies. This means nothing and will not change things at a fast rate. White people were the first to own their own business and make money. This lead to new generations of white children getting passed down to wealth and success. This chain reaction is still in effect to this day. If you do not believe this is still going on in the United States then you are living in denial. If you look at any neighborhood in the country there is a high chance that it is segregated into specific areas. Some people say that a person’s success is based on their home. This is said because the “American Dream” is owning something that you can call yours. Most people’s homes are their single biggest asset. “74 percent of whites were homeowners, while only 45 percent of Latinos, 46 percent of Blacks and 51 percent of Asians owned their homes.” The stats do not lie and you should take that into consideration.