[frog in a pot]

Your #2 is certainly logical, however, the author's bottom line seems to absolve the education system:

...but the real source of the black/white wealth disparity probably owes more to the marriage gap than to those things. The Aspen Institute should focus on that.

In any event:
The Aspen Institute should focus on that.
The Black community should focus on that.

[Mr. Douglas]

Yes. She nails part of it. I nail the politically charged part. :)