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The Color of Money

Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

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The Color of Money

De: Mehrsa Baradaran
Narrado por: Lisa Reneé Pitts
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When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States' total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks.

The catch-22 of black banking is that the very institutions needed to help communities escape the deep poverty caused by discrimination and segregation inevitably became victims of that same poverty. Not only could black banks not "control the black dollar" due to the dynamics of bank depositing and lending but they drained black capital into white banks, leaving the black economy with the scraps.

Mehrsa Baradaran challenges the long-standing notion that black banking and community self-help is the solution to the racial wealth gap. These initiatives have functioned as a potent political decoy to avoid more fundamental reforms and racial redress. Examining the fruits of past policies and the operation of banking in a segregated economy, she makes clear that only bolder, more realistic views of banking's relation to black communities will end the cycle of poverty and promote black wealth.

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Afroamericano Américas Bancos y Operaciones Bancarias Ciencias Sociales Demografía Específica Derecho Economía Estados Unidos Estudios Afroamericanos Historia Económica Dinero Banca Capitalismo Disparidad económica Desigualdad económica Socialismo Para reflexionar Igualdad Justicia social

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"Baradaran's brilliant and devastating analysis leads to an irrefutable conclusion: the racial wealth gap is the product of state law and public policy, and will only be reversed when the same governmental tools that created segregation and discrimination are deployed to end it." (Beryl Satter, author of Family Properties)
Comprehensive History • Eye-opening Information • Excellent Narration • Well-researched Content • Accessible Explanations

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I will be ordering the physical hardback copy of this book and displaying it on my bookshelf. The literature review of black-owned banks in the US -presented in this book- offers necessary and digestible background for readers to assess the only question that seems to matter any more: “where does the money go?” Excited to see who references this book in the future!

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Eye opening history.

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This was a great book. It was very informative and motivating. Support the Black businesses, especially the banks to help those that help us.

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I find this book to be an important read. If we’re to work towards a better, more equitable future - this book certainly highlights the continued thinking that got us here and showcases it so that we can avoid them. It highlights the systemic nature of racism and how economic headwinds reinforce it. One example of this is the authors reading of the One United Bank and the Charles Street Episcopal Church (both black institutions) debacle. That example highlights her points about systems and how black institutions are unfairly constrained by them. This isn’t necessarily a light read, but it’s easy to understand and important. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

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