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100 1  Brown, Dorothy A.,|eauthor. 
245 14 The whiteness of wealth :|bhow the tax system impoverishes
       Black Americans--and how we can fix it /|cDorothy A. 
       Brown. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bCrown,|c[2021] 
300    279 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-265) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tMarried while black --|tBlack house/white market --|tThe
       great un-equalizer --|tThe best jobs --|tLegacy --|tWhat's
       next? 
520    "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"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Taxation|xLaw and legislation|zUnited States. 
650  0 Taxation|xMoral and ethical aspects|zUnited States. 
650  0 African Americans|xTaxation. 
650  0 African Americans|xEconomic conditions. 
650  0 Racism|xEconomic aspects|zUnited States. 
650  0 Tax incidence|zUnited States. 
650  0 Fiscal policy|zUnited States.