The Color of Money
Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
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"A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family."
--The Atlantic
"Extraordinary... Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that's often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines that create wealth in America."
--Ezra Klein
When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than 1 percent of the total wealth in America. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of... more
--The Atlantic
"Extraordinary... Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that's often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines that create wealth in America."
--Ezra Klein
When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than 1 percent of the total wealth in America. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of... more
Rankings by Category
The Color of Money is ranked in the following categories:
- #19 in Banking
- #13 in Business Law
- #74 in Economic History
- #98 in Money
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