A History of Anti-Black Bias in America and the Financial Impact of the Black Tax with Shawn D. Rochester
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James Seth Thompson talks with guest Shawn D. Rochester, author of The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America, about the financial cost of the history of discrimination against Black people in America from emancipation to present day. Thompson and Rochester discuss how over forty million African-Americans own just 2% of America’s wealth and examine the path to why and how we got to where we are fiscally today. Listen to the full episode of #ChangingtheTrajectory anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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