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Author: Dorothy A. Brown

Dorothy A. Brown is a law professor known for her work on the racial implications of federal tax policy. Brown is Asa Griggs Candler professor of law at Emory University and the author of The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans—and How We Can Fix It.
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The Tax Code Is Not Set Up for Black Americans to Succeed

Dorothy A. Brown
The Tax Code Is Not Set Up for Black Americans to Succeed

Black people are getting taxed out of the American Dream—says Dorothy A. Brown, law professor, policy expert and author of ‘The Whiteness of Wealth.’ Solving the problem will require a wholesale rethinking of America’s tax code.

“Hard work alone will never enable black Americans to get the benefits that our white peers receive.”

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