cover of episode Staff Picks: Real Estate Racism and Black Homeownership / Keeanga - Yamahtta Taylor

Staff Picks: Real Estate Racism and Black Homeownership / Keeanga - Yamahtta Taylor

2022/5/17
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Producer Dan introduces an interview with African American studies scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor who in her book "Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership" examines the mechanism of racism in the American real estate industry - as post-1968 public policies pushed Black renters and homeowners into a racially stratified, predatory housing market without Civil Rights protection, a predatory inclusion took shape, funneling wealth into private industry and foreclosing the futures of Black families for decades to come.

https://uncpress.org/book/9781469653662/race-for-profit/