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Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It
by Andre M. Perry
From the creator of "a unified field theory of racism" (NPR's Planet Money), a dollars-and-cents reckoning of the state of Black America and a new framework to close the power gap.
Historically, Black Americans' quest for power has been understood as an attempt to gain equal protections under the law. But power in America requires more than basic democratic freedoms. It is inextricably linked with economic influence and ownership―of one's self, home, business, and creations.
Andre M. Perry draws on extensive research and analysis to quantify how much power Black Americans actually have. Ranging from property, business, and wealth to education, health, and social mobility, Black Power Scorecard moves across the country, evaluating people's ability to set the rules of the game and calculating how that translates into the ultimate means of power―life itself, and the longevity of Black communities. Along the way, Perry identifies woefully overlooked areas of investment that could close the racial gap and benefit all.
An expansive take on power supported by documentation and data, Black Power Scorecard is a fresh contribution to the country's reckoning with structural inequality, one that offers a new approach to redressing it.
"Perry reevaluates what it means for Black Americans to be empowered in this smart and revelatory study...one of the most riveting and convincing studies yet to make a case for reparations." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Timely...Necessary reading that offers clear and actionable ways to close the racial gap." —Kirkus Reviews
"By reframing the concept of 'wealth' and expanding the very definition of 'power,' Black Power Scorecard serves as a Black manifesto, a self-help manual, and a road map to a better future. Not only does Perry identify the symptoms of America's most persistent social illness, he also writes a prescription." ―Michael Harriot, author of Black AF History
"Black Power Scorecard is a must-read. It is engaging, analytical, and presents common sense solutions, looking at homeownership, business creation, family formation, and geography as either forces for good, which will enhance Black self-determination and power, or as the means of stripping wealth from Black people, along with their voices and votes." ―Dorothy Brown, author of The Whiteness of Wealth
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Andre M. Perry is the author of Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities. He is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the director of its Center for Community Uplift and a professor of practice of economics at Washington University in St. Louis. He lives in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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