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Author Smith, Andre L., author

Title Tax law and racial economic justice : black tax / Andre L. Smith
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages)
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Does it Matter What Slaves Thought "Direct Tax" Meant? -- Chapter Two: Pre-colonial African Tax Experiences -- Chapter Three: Taxes and the Rise of White Supremacy (1600-1900) -- Chapter Four: Interlude: "No Reparation Without Taxation" -- Chapter Five: Taxes and the Demise of white Supremacy (1900-2015) -- Chapter Six: Critical Race Tax Theory in Twenty-First-Century Legal Architecture -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Summary This book explores how taxation creates and maintains racial inequalities in the United States. It demonstrates why those interested in Black redemption should pay attention to tax law, explores tax systems of pre-colonial African civilizations, and sets forth an agenda for tax scholars to obliterate racial caste and march toward equal opportunity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index
Notes English
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Subject Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
African Americans -- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States
African Americans -- Economic conditions.
Racism -- Economic aspects -- United States
Fiscal policy -- Social aspects -- United States
LAW -- Military.
African Americans -- Economic conditions
Race relations
Racism -- Economic aspects
Taxation -- Law and legislation
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021677683
ISBN 9781498503662
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