The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It Free Audiobook Download by Dorothy A. Brown

The Whiteness of Wealth is the story of how Black Americans are harmed by a system designed to benefit the wealthy. The book argues that the tax code, which was created during slavery, creates poverty and inequality, while leaving people of color on the outside looking in.

This book, written by Dorothy A. Brown and narrated by Karen Murray, is a must read if you want to know more about how the economic system not only oppresses black people, but any other marginalized group. Brown argues that in order for an economic system to work, there has to be an equitable distribution of wealth. In America, this can't happen because the tax system is biased towards whites.

Dorothy A. Brown's book explores the historical and economic reasons for why white people are wealthy when so many African Americans are not, making the case for how tax policy and other policies can be used to change that. The audiobook is only $2 on audible.com

The Black Tax Justice Network is a bipartisan, multiracial coalition of more than 200 organizations dedicated to ending income inequality. In The Whiteness of Wealth, Dorothy A. Brown highlights the history of how assets were accumulated by white Americans before taxes and how the tax system has been used to pass wealth on from one generation to the next. Brown's analysis shows how the US tax system was designed to privilege those who have historically had access to capital over those who do not--specifically, the wealthy and the white--and is therefore harmful to black Americans.

The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It is a book written by Dorothy A. Brown that analyzes the wealth gap between white and black Americans. In this audiobook, Murray takes you through the progression of how wealth was viewed in America and how it worked to oppress black people. You'll learn about the tax system, government debt, and state racism.

In "The Whiteness of Wealth," Dorothy A. Brown provides a clear, concise analysis of the causes and effects of the wealth gap in America's society. The effects are pervasive and devastating. Black Americans are over-represented in the criminal justice system. This is largely due to how their wealth is treated under our tax system which Brown argues is "built for whiteness."