The Color of Money
Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
2017·371 pages·Nonfiction
“Extraordinary...Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that’s often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines that create wealth in America.”
— Ezra Klein
“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family.”
— The Atlantic
“Black capitalism has not improved the economic lives of black people, and Baradaran deftly explains the reasons why.”
— Los Angeles Review of Books
“Read this book. It explains so much about the moment...Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”
— Ta-Nehisi Coates
“A must read for anyone interested in closing America’s racial wealth gap.”
— Black Perspectives
Year
2017
Pages
371
Type
Nonfiction
Praise
“Extraordinary...Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that’s often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines that create wealth in America.”
— Ezra Klein
“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family.”
— The Atlantic
“Black capitalism has not improved the economic lives of black people, and Baradaran deftly explains the reasons why.”
— Los Angeles Review of Books
“Read this book. It explains so much about the moment...Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”
— Ta-Nehisi Coates
“A must read for anyone interested in closing America’s racial wealth gap.”
— Black Perspectives
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