The Whiteness of Wealth av Dorothy A. Brown

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<b>A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy</b><br><br><b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND <i>FORTUNE</i>• “Important reading for those who want to understand how inequality is built into the bedrock of American society, and what a more equitable future might look like.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>How to Be an Antiracist</i></b><br><br>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