The Racial Wealth Gap: A Brief History [Hardcover]

This infuriating and compelling read offers a devastating analysis of one of Amerca's most pressing systemic issues. A pretty stunning assessment of why [the racial wealth gap] has persisted. Another wonderful powerhouse of a book... gorgeous. So important. Baradaran shows how&inequality in everything financial has been in place for decades, how it has roots in Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement, and what can be done to fix these nefarious issues of poverty brought by financial disparity. Legal scholar Baradaran lays out a concise and erudite case that todays staggering racial wealth gap is the result of decades of carefully crafted government policy& Baradarans quietly furious prose deftly guides readers through the labyrinthine world of American monetary policy and financial history, with breathtaking moments of clarity striking like lightning& Readers will be fired up. Baradaran argues that [the racial wealth gap] cannot be mended without a clear, long-overdue national conversation about how we got here. Smart, measured, and accessible, As well-researched as it is disturbing, this book lays bare both the injustice and racist failings of a socioeconomic system. An important study that cogently argues the case for Black reparations.