Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

This piece is a review of the heralded book, Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership (2019, The University of North Carolina Press). While Taylor’s Race for Profit has been widely praised among reviewers in disciplines like history, urban planning, and...

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Main Authors: Adam Butz, Christopher Burks
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Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2025-07-01
Series:Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration
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Online Access:https://jsepajournal.org/index.php/jsepa/article/view/6329
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spelling doaj-art-13b9f2f2c87c4e39965a1782cde075372025-08-20T03:33:21ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Social Equity and Public Administration2832-92872025-07-013210.24926/jsepa.v3i2.6329Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorAdam Butz0Christopher Burks1California State University, Long BeachSchool of Public Affairs, University of Arkansas at Little Rock This piece is a review of the heralded book, Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership (2019, The University of North Carolina Press). While Taylor’s Race for Profit has been widely praised among reviewers in disciplines like history, urban planning, and business administration, its lessons have not been fully unpacked for the field of public administration. We first highlight important and relevant sections of the book, then discuss lessons for social equity and public administration.  https://jsepajournal.org/index.php/jsepa/article/view/6329Book reviewnonprofitracial disparitiesracial capitalismhousing
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racial disparities
racial capitalism
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title Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
title_full Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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title_short Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
title_sort race for profit how banks and the real estate industry undermined black homeownership by keeanga yamahtta taylor
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nonprofit
racial disparities
racial capitalism
housing
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