No idea where you're based, nor am I trying to argue there isn't racism in Mississippi. However, Mississippi has one of the highest percentages of black population per US states.
Agreed. Its not just the size of the pie but how it is sliced up.
Canada is on the same footing as Mississippi regarding GDP per capita. But if you look at the economic standard of living of the poorest income earners in Canada verses their equivalent in Mississippi, the Canadian has a better standard of living.
In the USA, the size of the pie is quite big and the wealthy get a much bigger slice of that pie than most other Western countries.