Max is white and Byron is black, they both lived different lives but now share the same job, same salary and live in the same neighborhood. The only difference is Byron has half the net assets of Max. The "Tale of Two Families" shows that Max's family started off with financial support from his parents and a low-interest loan from a government VA loan, Byron's family struggled to scrape together $1,000 downpayment for their $6,500 house. Byron's family is treated to the lower paying jobs and confined to the poorer neighborhood while Max's family thrived in the white neighborhoods.
When you read about poverty in the textbook the weight of the issues of race inequality doesn't really hit home unless you see it in action. There's an obvious issue and although it has been getting better for the last few years since the Civil Rights movement, discrimination is in the workplace is still evident. Gender inequality in the workplace is even more prevolent and this makes it even harder for a black woman to succeed.
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