Color Tax Movie

The Color Tax: Directed by Bruce Orenstein. While the white middle class was benefiting from policies that promoted their home equity, Black families were forced to purchase residences via contract sales, paying for homes that they could lose after missing just a single payment. The Color Tax Episode 1: The Color Tax Air Date: April 18, 2024 Bruce Orenstein Director Based on the book: Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America by Beryl Satter Narrated By: Linda Kimbrough Animation by: Nate Ziller.

The Color Tax tells the story of how a system of predatory home contract sales during the 1950s and 60s plundered enormous sums of wealth from black families seeking the American dream of homeownership but denied access to standard mortgages. Join Filmmaker Bruce Orenstein and Tonika Johnson of The Folded Map Project for a panel discussion moderated by Michelle Kennedy of the Chicago South Side Fi. "This has been a continuation of a number of discriminatory practices that we know from history that in many cases disproportionately affects Black Americans," Walton said.

"Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation" premieres its first episode, "The Color Tax," at 9 p.m. Thursday on WTTW. Film synopsis: The Color Tax: Origins of the Modern Day Racial Wealth Gap, is Episode 3 of the five-part documentary series, Shame of Chicago.

The Color Tax tells the story of how a system of predatory home contract sales during the 1950s and 60s plundered enormous sums of wealth from the pockets of black families seeking the American dream of homeownership. In a compelling narrative format. The Color Tax lays bare the oppressive design of an economy that today leaves more than 100 million people behind.

While this history is gut-wrenching, the resilience, courage, and strength of black families to end the predatory housing practices of the '60s provide hope for our nation's future. While the white middle class was rapidly expanding and benefitting from federal policies that promoted their home equity, Black families were forced to purchase. The Color Tax tells the story of how a system of predatory home contract sales during the 1950s and 60s plundered enormous sums of wealth from the pockets of black families seeking the American dream of homeownership.