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Reviews by Pancho @ "The Color of Money; Black Banks And The Racial Wealth Gap" By Mehrsa Baradaran

The Color of Money Black Banks And The Racial Wealth Gap💰💰💰

The large sized book to the right is one that covers a lot of issues associated with most of the other reviews I've given during my Black Enterprise journey. The Color Of Money compiles many of the issues that America has faced years after slavery, racism, segregation, Jim Crow, and much more. The topics in this book are an overview of how destructive those bad generational norms continue to plague America, the black community, banks, and the world as a whole. Failure to open more channels of success to minority communities is more of a conscious choice rather than a social one. Author Mehrsa Baradaran does a great job in exposing the government for their clear and blatant racism when it comes to minority communities. 

The government - said to be made of the people and for the people, single handedly failed in its due diligence to hold up the ideals of America, thus making most of America's ideals come off as a joke. This book has unlocked a new view in my mind when it comes to who I am as a person and how other people in my life are. This book has also given me a different perspective on institutions, programs, banks, mortgage lenders, and big business. From the surface, these institutions and policies come off as things needed for survival in the American economy. 

However, given my new perspective, I now see that most of these programs and policies are only designed to work for a certain group of people, with the inclusion of excluding others that do not meet the criteria. I feel like with this new perspective, I'll have better attention to detail on the things that go on in my life. I am honored and grateful to have read this book and learned valuable knowledge from its contents. 

For anyone who considers reading this book , I would recommend 10/10, all the way. But in the end, it is up to you.  Thank you all, and enjoy the rest of your day.


Best, 


Pancho 

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