Telegram - Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944

There are a plethora of gaps that exist among the people in America. The wealth gap is what's spoken of on the front line, but it's only the tip of the iceberg; or just another block in the stack. Wealth does not come easy. It's either built or passed down.

In certain areas of our country, there is no wealth to pass down, because there is no wealth to start with. Imagine playing a game of Monopoly, only to start with no cash, and hardly getting a turn at the dice. Tarence Wheeler has played the game this way. Growing up in Southwest Detroit, he is not a stranger to an experience of poverty. Wh...