03453cam a22004938i 4500 21832603 NUST 20220825104641.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 201122s2021 nyu ob 001 0 eng 2020047391 9780525577348 (ebook) 9780525577324 (hardcover) Azhar DLC eng DLC rda pcc n-us--- KF6289 343.7304089 BRO Brown, Dorothy A., author. 97066 The whiteness of wealth Dorothy A. Brown. New York : Crown 2021 2103 1 online resource 279p text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Married while black -- Black house, white market -- College as the great un-equalizer -- The best jobs -- Legacy -- What's next. "A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy. Dorothy A. Brown became a tax lawyer to get away from race. As a young black girl growing up in the South Bronx, she'd seen how racism limited the lives of her family and neighbors. Her law school classes offered a refreshing contrast: Tax law was about numbers, and the only color that mattered was green. But when Brown sat down to prepare tax returns for her parents, she found something strange: James and Dottie Brown, a plumber and a nurse, seemed to be paying an unusually high percentage of their income in taxes. When Brown became a law professor, she set out to understand why. In The Whiteness of Wealth, Brown draws on decades of cross-disciplinary research to show that tax law isn't as color-blind as she'd once believed. She takes us into her adopted city of Atlanta, introducing us to families across the economic spectrum whose stories demonstrate how American tax law rewards the preferences and practices of white people while pushing black people further behind. From attending college to getting married to buying a home, black Americans find themselves at a financial disadvantage compared to their white peers. The results are an ever-increasing wealth gap and more black families shut out of the American dream. Solving the problem will require a wholesale rethinking of America's tax code. But it will also require both black and white Americans to make different choices. This urgent, actionable book points the way forward"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Taxation Law and legislation United States. 97067 Taxation Moral and ethical aspects United States. 97068 African Americans Taxation. 97069 African Americans Economic conditions. 97070 Racism Economic aspects United States. 97071 Tax incidence United States. 97072 Fiscal policy United States. 97073 Print version: Brown, Dorothy A.. The whiteness of wealth New York : Crown, [2021] 9780525577324 (DLC) 2020047390 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc LC 590933 590933 0 0 ddc 0 0 CL CL LC 2022-08-13 343.7304089 BRO LC-98 2022-08-13 2022-08-13 REF