Introduction : taxpayer citizenship and the right to education -- A shabby meanness : origins of unequal taxation -- Let them plow : beyond the black-white paradigm -- We are taxpaying citizens : separate and colorblind -- A drain on taxpayers : graduate school segregation and the road to Brown -- The white man's tax dollar : segregationists and backlash -- Taxpayers and taxeaters : poverty and the Constitution -- The rich richer and the poor poorer : intersectional claims -- Conclusion : education, inequality, and the hidden power of taxes
Summary
In the United States, it is quite common to lay claim to the benefits of society by appealing to 'taxpayer citizenship' - the idea that, as taxpayers, we deserve access to certain social services like a public education. Tracing the genealogy of this concept, Camille Walsh shows how tax policy and taxpayer identity were built on the foundations of white supremacy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-229) and index
Notes
Title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 6, 2018)
