{"product_id":"the-color-of-money-black-banks-and-the-racial-wealth-gap","title":"The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Color of Money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e seeks to explain the stubborn persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith the civil rights movement in full swing, President Nixon promoted “black capitalism,” a plan to support black banks and minority-owned businesses. But the catch-22 of black banking is that the very institutions needed to help communities escape the deep poverty caused by discrimination and segregation inevitably became victims of that same poverty. In this timely and eye-opening account, Baradaran challenges the long-standing belief that black communities could ever really hope to accumulate wealth in a segregated economy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBelknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press; Reprint edition (March 11, 2019)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePaperback :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e384 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0674237471\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-0674237476\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight :\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12 ounces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mehrsa Baradaran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39342856896682,"sku":"","price":14.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/5624\/0810\/products\/1_c6644f7b-caf5-4f79-8537-c0f8690c35c3.png?v=1615392886","url":"https:\/\/seaburn-books.com\/products\/the-color-of-money-black-banks-and-the-racial-wealth-gap","provider":"Seaburn","version":"1.0","type":"link"}