Rich thanks to racism : how the ultra-wealthy profit from racial injustice /
Jim Freeman.
- 1 online resource (x, 295 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : Strategic Racism -- The Racism Profiteers -- The Squandered Brilliance of Our Disposable Youth -- Tough-on-Crime for You, Serve-and-Protect for Me -- From Jim Crow to Juan Crow -- Defeating Goliath -- Conclusion : A Declaration of Interdependence.
"In this book, Jim Freeman suggests that the biggest reason America cannot get beyond its racial divide is as simple as it disturbing: Racism is enormously profitable. Rich Thanks to Racism exposes a group of Corporate America and Wall Street billionaires as a driving force behind the public policies that perpetuate racial inequities and cause severe harm to communities of color across the country"--
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Race discrimination--Economic aspects--United States. Racism--Economic aspects--United States. Minorities--Economic conditions.--United States