Presented By: Poverty Solutions
Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America
Book talks with author Bernadette Atuahene
When Professor Bernadette Atuahene, of USC Gould School of Law, moved to Detroit, she planned to study the city’s squatting phenomenon. What she accidentally found was too urgent to ignore. Her neighbors, many of whom had owned their homes for decades, were losing them to property tax foreclosure, leaving once bustling Black neighborhoods blighted with vacant homes.
Through years of dogged investigation and research, Atuahene uncovered a system of predatory governance, where public officials raise public dollars through laws and processes that produce or sustain racial inequity — a nationwide practice in no way limited to Detroit.
In this powerful work of scholarship and storytelling, Atuahene shows how predatory governance invites complicity from well-meaning people, eviscerates communities, and widens the racial wealth gap. By following the lives of two Detroit grandfathers, one Black and the other white, and their grandchildren, Atuahene tells a riveting tale about racist policies, how they take root, why they flourish, and who profits. Plundered's release date is Jan. 28, 2025.
Local book talks include:
ANN ARBOR on Friday, April 4
6:30-8 p.m. at Literati Bookstore, 124 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor
With special guest Luke Shaefer, founding faculty director of Poverty Solutions at U-M and the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/literati-presents-bernadette-atuahene-tickets-1105727283069?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
DETROIT on Friday, Jan. 31
5-6:30 p.m. at Detroit Mercy Law School, 651 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit
With special guest Orlando Bailey, Emmy award-winning journalist and executive director of Outlier Media
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-bernadette-atuahene-tickets-1101099792119?aff=oddtdtcreator
Through years of dogged investigation and research, Atuahene uncovered a system of predatory governance, where public officials raise public dollars through laws and processes that produce or sustain racial inequity — a nationwide practice in no way limited to Detroit.
In this powerful work of scholarship and storytelling, Atuahene shows how predatory governance invites complicity from well-meaning people, eviscerates communities, and widens the racial wealth gap. By following the lives of two Detroit grandfathers, one Black and the other white, and their grandchildren, Atuahene tells a riveting tale about racist policies, how they take root, why they flourish, and who profits. Plundered's release date is Jan. 28, 2025.
Local book talks include:
ANN ARBOR on Friday, April 4
6:30-8 p.m. at Literati Bookstore, 124 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor
With special guest Luke Shaefer, founding faculty director of Poverty Solutions at U-M and the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/literati-presents-bernadette-atuahene-tickets-1105727283069?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
DETROIT on Friday, Jan. 31
5-6:30 p.m. at Detroit Mercy Law School, 651 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit
With special guest Orlando Bailey, Emmy award-winning journalist and executive director of Outlier Media
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-bernadette-atuahene-tickets-1101099792119?aff=oddtdtcreator
Cost
- Cost of ticket is cost of book
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