Biden destroyed one of the nation’s most toxic racist myths, and no one noticed.

I remember my grandfather complaining that black people (except he didn’t call them “black people”) would pool their money and buy a Cadillac so they could share it as needed or desired.

From his tone I’m guessing I was supposed to react as if this were a terrible thing but I said, “That sounds like a pretty good idea, most people don’t drive their cars that often.”

Why this was supposed to be appalling I only understood as an adult: most people live in utter fear that someone will have something they don’t somehow deserve, and this belief is so enshrined that many people are even willing to harm themselves to avoid that calamitous outcome.