Dorothy Brown-Newton Boeken

"An exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy. Dorothy A. Brown became a tax lawyer to get away from race. As a young Black girl growing up in the South Bronx, she'd seen how racism limited the lives of her family and neighbors. Her law school classes offered a refreshing contrast: tax law was about numbers, and the only color that mattered was green. But when Brown sat down to prepare tax returns for her parents, she found something strange: James and Dottie Brown, a plumber and a nurse, seemed to be paying an unusually high percentage of their income in taxes. When Brown became a law professor, she set out to understand why. 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. From attending college to getting married to buying a home, Black Americans find themselves at a financial disadvantage compared to their white peers. The results are an ever-increasing wealth gap and more Black families shut out of the American dream. Solving the problem will require a wholesale rethinking of America's tax code. But it will also require both Black and white Americans to make different choices. This actionable book points the way forward"--Provided by the publisher

How do you deal with the reality of heart-breaking choices?When news of his father's affair reaches Riley Moore, he is thrown into the unimaginable as the very fabric of his life unravels. Meanwhile, Aderyn Ellis is left to navigate her expectations of life after a series of misfortunes find her wandering alone in search of answers. That is until a series of seemingly ordinary events bring them together.As their lives intertwine, Riley and Aderyn find themselves caught in a maze of lies and confusion that threaten to rip their sense of themselves and each other apart. Their stories of hope and heartache show the choices of two people who are trying to make sense of their lives and how to rebuild after everything is torn down - both with and without each other. A Beautiful Circumstance is a brilliantly crafted story that draws you into a maelstrom of love and anguish, as well as the joys and agonies that accompany it.

A woman’s choice to betray her friend and to steal another woman’s man creates problems she might not be ready to deal with.No matter how many times she promised herself she wouldn’t go there, Reign couldn’t resist Jahiem, her best friend’s brother. Now caught between her friendship and her relationship, Reign is forced to prove where her loyalty lies.Jahiem had no intentions of ever starting a relationship with Reign because he was already in a relationship with Samantha. Now that he’s broken things off with her, Samantha shows up, and she’s not alone. Jahiem finds himself in a difficult situation when he realizes he’s torn between two women who have more in common than he thought.Samantha is used to getting what she wants by any means necessary. She refuses to accept that Jahiem has moved on. Feeling betrayed and rejected by Jahiem and her birth mother, she vows to make them pay. She wants everyone to know that she is a force to be reckoned with.Reign never thought that her relationship with Jahiem would cause her so much hurt and pain. Faced with secrets, lies, and deception, she feels her life spiraling out of control. When she reconnects with her childhood crush, she begins to realize how a woman should be treated. She tries hard not to give in to temptation, but Jahiem isn’t making it easy. Unbeknownst to Reign, she and Jahiem are about to face a chain of events that neither of them are prepared for.