After rereading it again, I realize that sentence is the only thing in your article I disagree with. Your contrast with the rich white people who were granted land is compelling and original. In some cases, that land was granted on condition that they would do certain things they never actually did. Leland Stanford, who bankrolled the college with his name, was given land on the promise that he would build a railroad on it, and then never built it. This is why Ambrose Bierce called him "Stealand Stanford" https://www.realclearpublicaffairs.com/articles/2021/06/25/great_american_stories_bierces_quote_783018.html#!