Dorothy Brown On Ali Velshie: Racist Tax Codes Exist Because ‘A Rich, White Couple Wanted To Pay Less Taxes’

MSNBC Ali Velshie, Dorothy A. Brown: Racist Tax Codes Exist Because ‘A Rich, White Couple Wanted to Pay Less in Taxes’ (Mar. 27, 2021):

Legacy racist policies exist all over the place, but tax-law professor at Emory University School of Law and author of The Whiteness of Wealth, Dorothy A. Brown is exposing them in a place you may not be expecting to see them: in your taxes. Take a look at how the marriage penalty has been possibly unknowingly hurting couples of color for decades.

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• The Atlantic, How The U.S. Tax Code Privileges White Families
• Bloomberg Businessweek, Is The Tax Code Racist? Dorothy Brown On the Secrets Of White Wealth
• JOTWELL, Colorblind No More
• MSNBC Morning Joe, Dorothy Brown: How The Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans
• New York Times, Your Home’s Value Is Based on Racism