C. Nicole Mason: Born Poor, Stay Poor--The Silent Caste System of America

'There's a lot missing from debates and policy surrounding poverty but the biggest deficit, according to Dr. C. Nicole Mason, is in honesty. Impoverished people aren't poor because they're lazy, they're poor because social mobility is institutionally suppressed. Mason's latest book is Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America .' -- +Big Think