Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power: The Case for Reparations for Mass Incarceration McKay Tasseli
Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power: The Case for Reparations for Mass Incarceration McKay Tasseli A meticulous and exhaustive accounting of the total economic devastation wreaked on Black communities by…
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Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power: The Case for Reparations for Mass Incarceration McKay Tasseli
A meticulous and exhaustive accounting of the total economic devastation wreaked on Black communities by mass incarceration with an action guide for vital reparations.Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power is a staggering account of the destruction wrought by mass incarceration. Four decades of state-sponsored violence have destroyed the health, economic potential, and political power of Black Finding that the economic value of the damages to Black individuals, families, and communities totals $7.16 trillion--roughly 86 percent of the current Black-White wealth gap--this compelling and exhaustive analysis puts unprecedented empirical heft behind an urgent call for reparations.Much of the damage of mass incarceration, Tasseli McKay finds, has been silently absorbed by families and communities of the incarcerated--where it is often compensated for by women's invisible labor.