What’s Next: Wealth, Property and Inequality
About the Event:
Property in Chicago and across America is rooted in systemic inequality. From the theft of Indigenous land and the broken promise of 40 acres and a mule, to the discriminatory practices of redlining, the American government has stolen, withheld, and destroyed property and land in Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. Join economist William A. Darity (From Here to Equality), legal scholar Matthew L.M. Fletcher (The Ghost Road), and historian Rebecca K. Marchiel (After Redlining) for a conversation about the interwoven histories of property and inequality, and ways to implement reparations that would begin to address these ongoing injustices. This panel is moderated by WBEZ reporter Natalie Moore.
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About the Books:
- The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
- When you purchase your copies of From Here to Equality, The Ghost Road, and After Redlining from Seminary Co-op you are directly supporting independent bookselling in Chicago and a vital space for book browsing, discovery, and community.
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William A. Darity
William A. (“Sandy”) Darity Jr. is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American St...
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Matthew L.M. Fletcher is Foundation Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law and Director of the ...
Rebecca K. Marchiel
Rebecca K. Marchiel is an historian of urban history, political history, and the history of American capitalism. Her ...
Natalie Moore
Lecturer, Reporter
Natalie Y. Moore is a senior lecturer and director of audio journalism programming.
The Chicago native is known...
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