> it seemed like many people got a ‘deal’ > So while in the 50's, the advantages to being more high status seemed almost cosmetic, today, they're anything but.

> it seemed like many people got a ‘deal’ > So while in the 50's, the advantages to being more high status seemed almost cosmetic, today, they're anything but. The “deal” you are referring to was largely codified racism. [1] And only cosmetic inasmuch as being granted pollution-free, affordable housing based on skin color would be considered “cosmetic.” [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-02/how-the-federal-government-built-white-suburbia https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-02/how-the-f...