You're right of course, but it does so quite indirectly, frequently leaning on 2nd- and beyond order effects like incarceration rates, physics degrees, etc. It

You're right of course, but it does so quite indirectly, frequently leaning on 2nd- and beyond order effects like incarceration rates, physics degrees, etc. It is not straightforward to connect them if you've always been steeped in the narrative America tells about itself.