Dorothy’s New Book released March 23, 2021.

THE WHITENESS OF WEALTH: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans – and How We Can Fix it.

In The Whiteness of Wealth, Brown draws on decades of cross-disciplinary research to show that tax law isn’t as color-blind as she’d once believed. She takes us into her adopted city of Atlanta, introducing us to families across the economic spectrum whose stories demonstrate how American tax law rewards the preferences and practices of white people while pushing black people further behind.

Bloomberg Business Week March 15, 2021

Dorothy Brown has spent her career as a law professor documenting racism in a tax system that’s supposedly colorblind. Check her out in the cover feature on Bloomberg Business Week, March 10, 2021 discussing her new book – The Whiteness of Wealth.

“The book also serves as something of a primer on how wealth works in America, showing how the rich pass assets to their children and why those starting from the bottom face such a difficult climb. Brown devotes her final chapter to advice for Black readers trying to navigate a system that disadvantages them at every turn. “Black Americans need to be defensive players,” she writes, “choosing strategies in their educations, careers, and family lives that compensate for oppressive practices and policies.”

The MLK50 Symposium.

At the MLK50 Symposium hosted by the University of Memphis Law School, Dorothy spoke about her forthcoming essay: Homeownership in Black and White: The Role of Tax Policy in Increasing Housing Inequity. Attorney General Eric Holder was the luncheon Keynote Speaker, pictured with Dorothy, below.

Invite Dorothy to Speak.

Dorothy is available for speaking engagements and media interviews.