This comparison shows black Americans losing almost half their average household wealth between 2007 and 2013. Hispanic Americans faced a similar situation. Meanwhile, that figure started rebounding for white Americans by 2013.

You only need to look at Barack Obama's top 10 donors in 2008 to see that he received a lot of money from the big banks. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup all ended up on his top 10 list of donating companies. Keep in mind, the companies themselves aren’t donating. Just employees from those companies.