Mar 3, 2022 | Money and Racism
There’s a national news story that was circulating across all major outlets recently. A black couple in California is suing a home appraisal company for housing discrimination. The cliff notes version: they spent thousands on house renovations in order to increase the...
Feb 24, 2022 | Money and Racism
Someone shared an article with me recently that made my blood boil. The article was written several years ago at the height of the economic crisis, but the data was alarming and illustrated the systemic racism around financial lending (mortgages, car loans, etc.)....
Apr 6, 2021 | Money and Racism
At the end of the Civil War, there were close to $200,000 in military banks of unclaimed funds from Black soldiers who had died during the war. John W. Alvord encouraged Congress to create a bank in conjunction with the Freedmen’s Bureau. After some...