Again, it is a metaphor, don't take to too literally. Blacks were slaves, whites and immigrants were not. Can you picture slavery as digging out of a hole (de

Again, it is a metaphor, don't take to too literally. Blacks were slaves, whites and immigrants were not. Can you picture slavery as digging out of a hole (debt)? Until breaking even, you are subject to compound debt. Yes, immigrants do well within a generation or two. Blacks have only had civil rights for a generation. White males not only have always rights but made them. Yes, I'm generalizing based on skin color. That is literally what race is.