Providing support to wealth-deprived relatives slows black wealth accumulation even at equal salaries.

Evidence

Now assume you get a high-paying job, with the same salary and benefits enjoyed by your white peers. If you have a family member who was denied access to wealth-building perks because of their race, you are more likely to provide some financial support for them—meaning you won’t be able to build wealth as easily as your white peers. — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 392