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Andrew W. Kahrl

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Tax History Matters: A Q&A with the Author of ‘The Black Tax’

The history of the property tax system and its structural defects that have led to widespread discrimination against Black Americans.

by Andrew W. Kahrl, Brakeyshia Samms via Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy on April 24, 2024
Free the Beach

How seaside towns throughout the northeast limited the ability of ‘undesirables’ to access public beaches.

by Andrew W. Kahrl via Boston Review on May 21, 2018
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The Cost of Coastal Capitalism: How Greedy Developers Left Miami Ripe for Destruction

Building on vulnerable coastlines isn't about ignorance or hubris — it's about profit.

by Andrew W. Kahrl via Made by History on September 12, 2017

The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Dispossession, and Exploitation in America

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All Stick No Carrot: Racism, Property Tax Assessments, and Neoliberalism Post 1945 Chicago

Black homeowners have been an oft ignored actor in metropolitan history despite playing a central role.

via The Metropole on May 9, 2019

Deborah Taylor Mapp at her home in the Broad Creek neighborhood of Norfolk, Va.

The Long History of Universities Displacing Black People

The expansion of higher education in Virginia uprooted hundreds of black families.

by Louis Hansen via The Chronicle of Higher Education on September 11, 2023

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Why America Stopped Building Public Pools

“If the public pool isn’t available and open, you don’t swim.”

by Nathaniel Meyersohn via CNN on July 22, 2023

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Hilton Head Island— Haunted by Its Own History

Historical traces of racism and exclusion remain on the island. It’s just that new residents can’t—or won’t—read them.

by Alexa Hazel via Public Books on July 20, 2021

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