Today's public discourse is dominated by the disempowering narrative that a black person can do nothing individually to close the racial wealth gap. And yet, there are decisions within the control of black kids--and children of all races--that can increase their likelihood to achieve improved economic outcomes. We have a moral imperative to encourage young people of all races to adopt a new cultural norm around education, work, and responsible parenthood: the success sequence. Educators and philanthropists should develop evidence-based curricula that help young people build agency by teaching the success sequence in schools, encourage wealth creation by improving access to venture capital, and organize social and mass media campaigns to normalize a new set of behavioral expectations around family formation.