Feb 24, 2023
CEO of Good Steward LLC, financial coach, and author Shawn
Rochester visits Google to discuss his book, "The Black Tax: The
Cost of Being Black in America". He examines the various costs
associated with being Black in America, as well as what the Black
community and concerned advocates can do to help close the wealth
gap.
While Black Americans have long felt the devastating effects of
anti-black discrimination, they have often had great difficulty
articulating and substantiating both the existence and impact of
that discrimination to an American public who is convinced that it
no longer exists. Professionals in academia, the media, and the
business community, along with people in the general public have
struggled to explain the significant and persistent gaps in wealth,
employment, and poverty between Black and White communities in what
they perceive to be a post-racial America. In this book, Shawn
Rochester shows how The Black Tax, or the financial cost of
conscious and unconscious anti-black discrimination, creates a
massive financial burden on Black American households that
dramatically reduces their ability to leave a substantial legacy
for future generations.
Originally published in February of 2018
Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.