The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran

The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

Mehrsa Baradaran with Lisa Reneé Pitts (Narrator)

15 hours, 10 minutes first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction economics history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States' total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this...

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informative 96%
challenging 53%
reflective 40%
sad 18%
hopeful 6%
emotional 3%
tense 3%

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medium 25%
fast 9%

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