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Author Freeman, Jim (Lawyer), 1976- author.

Title Rich thanks to racism : how the ultra-wealthy profit from racial injustice / Jim Freeman
Published Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (x, 295 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis strategic racism, systemic racism, racism profiteers, racial inequality, school privatization
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 25, 2021)
Subject Race discrimination -- Economic aspects -- United States
Racism -- Economic aspects -- United States
Minorities -- United States -- Economic conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
Minorities -- Economic conditions
Race discrimination -- Economic aspects
Race relations -- Economic aspects
Racism -- Economic aspects
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- Economic aspects
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020033575
ISBN 9781501755149
1501755145
9781501755156
1501755153