Uncovering the Impact of Black Banks on the Racial Wealth Gap: A Look at the Color of Money

Mehrsa Baradaran's The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap is one of the best Economic History Books available. It is easy to read, informative, and provides an overall satisfying experience. The value for money makes it a must-have for anyone interested in understanding the racial wealth gap.

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Mehrsa Baradaran’s book, Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, examines the history of Black banking and its implications for the racial wealth gap in America. Baradaran, a professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, delves into the ways in which the legacy of discrimination and segregation has led to the stark disparities in wealth between white and Black Americans. She also examines the potential for Black banks to play a key role in closing the racial wealth gap. Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap is an important contribution to the discussion of economic inequality in America.
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  • Economic History (Books): Economic History
  • Dimensions ‏ ‎: 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
  • Language ‏ ‎: English
  • African American Demographic Studies (Books): African American Demographic Studies
  • Paperback ‏ ‎: 384 pages
  • Item Weight ‏ ‎: 15 ounces
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: Belknap Press An Imprint of Harvard University Press; Reprint edition
  • ISBN-10 ‏ ‎: 0674237471
  • Best Sellers Rank: #114 in Economic History #267 in Discrimination & Racism #276 in African American Demographic Studies
  • Discrimination & Racism: Discrimination & Racism
  • ISBN-13 ‏ ‎: 978-0674237476
  • Customer Reviews: 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,335 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); });

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xiwaeo: The book is great reading. The author Mehrsa Baradaran has done extensive research and put her legal knowledge to good use. After all she is a law professor at University Of California, Irvine her area of expertise is banking law. Race and racial issues, socioeconomic conditions evolving around money, politics capitalism, and so forth are integral factors in this book. This book should be required reading for college students, mandatory reading for everyone who wants America to share the wealth. When I read a review by Ta-Nehisi Coates, I was hooked so I went out and purchased the book. If you are an advocate of social justice and you want real reforms in your community then read this book, it should be a book that is included in your bookshelf collection. Finally when you hear African Americans talk about Black Wall Street—Tulsa Oklahoma 1921 destruction of the Black community by White folk angry at the mega success of this community back then—you can understand the intellectual dynamics Mehrsa Baradaran shares as she explains and teaches America in a scholarly way about the her book.

United States on Sep 28, 2023

T&KD: Well written and filled with facts I didn't know - especially regarding FHA loans and veteran's benefits once denied to people based on race. I remember visiting an older sister whose husband was stationed in an Army base in Alabama 60 years ago in 1962. Coming from Michigan I had never seen separate drinking fountains or bathrooms - I was horrified as we passed a chain gang working on the highway. Yet I remember that even in the North the fact that black people might own a nice car and a shabby house was a common joke - now I better understand the housing discrimination they faced. I am glad to see many accomplished black artists and professionals these days - our daughter had the benefit of a wonderful black teacher she admired. Still, I know that there are many black people living in poverty. Our daughter taught in the Bronx for Teach for America and she witnessed parents who often had two jobs just to provide for their families and the hardship this imposed on the children. People need to earn a living wage. Perhaps too many businesses are overpaying the executives and underpaying essential employees. Reparations?? Perhaps a better solution would be to...

United States on Sep 09, 2023

Young Kim: Detailed notes of historic aspects of banking including political motivations and their real intentions taught me that American real power group prefers status quo to revolution toward equal free society.

Canada on Mar 13, 2023

ShevvyShevvy: I thoroughly enjoyed this book and its detailed explanation of the racial wealth gap in America. It tackles a lot of misinformation and any age old excuses that try to dismiss that the racial wealth gap exists today. This book is backed up by intensive research and thoroughly explains how the racial wealth gap was created. I really enjoyed learning more about how banks operate and how the past wrongdoings of America actively affect the present. I challenge people to read this book the next time they try to deny that the racial wealth gap exists.

Canada on Jan 03, 2023

Donna: This book really shows you that this is not just in the states but the agenda is set Globally, and off course England must always be in the middle of corruption.

United Kingdom on Jan 04, 2022

Jordan Michel-Muniz: Livro essencial para entender como a democracia liberal capitalista constrói os apartheids sociais onde aprisiona o povo negro.

Brazil on Dec 21, 2021

Marliemount: Loaded with valuable information. Amazing research.

Canada on Jan 18, 2021

Darwin8u: "to be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships."
- W.E.B. DuBois

Every few years there is a book that is so powerful it turns me into a book nerd, policy evangelical. I go out and buy several copies and press them into friends hands with the fervor of a recent convert and tell them they "NEED" to read it. I think the last nonfiction book to do this for me was 'Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right' or maybe 'The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.' Usually, the book has both a financial angle and a policy tint. It usually also explores unfairness. That makes sense. In my previous life I was a policy analyst and I now work in the finance industry as a financial planner. Most days, I'm a pretty mellow guy. I meditate, read, drink tea, Netflix and chill. But reading about inequality and unfairness, for me, catalyzes me for action.

If the last few political cycles have taught us anything, it is America still struggles with its "original sin" of slavery and the ugly descendants of slavery: discrimination, segregation, inequality, despair. We...

United States on Sep 29, 2017



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Economic History (Books) Economic History
Dimensions ‏ ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches 6 x 1.29 x 9 inches
Language ‏ ‎ English English
African American Demographic Studies (Books) African American Demographic Studies
Paperback ‏ ‎ 384 pages
Item Weight ‏ ‎ 15 ounces 2.31 pounds
Publisher ‏ ‎ Belknap Press An Imprint of Harvard University Press; Reprint edition Harper; First Edition
ISBN-10 ‏ ‎ 0674237471 0062916599
Best Sellers Rank #114 in Economic History #267 in Discrimination & Racism #276 in African American Demographic Studies #21 in Theory of Economics#65 in Political Conservatism & Liberalism#95 in Discrimination & Racism #95 in Engineering Patents & Inventions #243 in Scientific Research #2,534 in Entrepreneurship
Discrimination & Racism Discrimination & Racism Discrimination & Racism
ISBN-13 ‏ ‎ 978-0674237476 978-0062916594
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