Black Capitalism Can’t Fix Racial Wealth Gap

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford

14 Aug 2018

Black banks are useful and should be supported, but only some form of reparations can confront the disastrous Black economic condition, said Mehrsa Baradaran, author of “The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap.” Black capitalism can’t fix the ills that generations of public policy created, said Mehrsa, who teaches banking law at the University of Georgia.

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