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The White Wall: How Big Finance Bankrupts Black America Hardcover – October 25, 2022

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A deeply reported, “important, and infuriating” (The Guardian) look at the systemic racism inside the American financial services industry, from acclaimed New York Times finance reporter Emily Flitter.

In 2018, Emily Flitter received a tip that Morgan Stanley had fired a Black employee without cause. Flitter had been searching for a way to investigate the deep-rooted racism in the American financial industry, and that one tip lit the sparkplug for a three-year journey through the shocking yet normalized corruption in our financial institutions.

Examining local insurance agencies and corporate titans like JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, and Wells Fargo and reveals the practices that have kept the racial wealth gap practically as wide as it was during the Jim Crow era. Flitter exposes hiring and layoff policies designed to keep Black employees from advancing to high levels; racial profiling of customers in internal emails between bank tellers; major insurers refusing to pay Black policyholders’ claims; and the systematic denial of funding to Black entrepreneurs. She also gives a voice to victims, from single mothers to professional athletes to employees themselves: people who were scammed, lied to, and defrauded by the systems they trusted with their money, and silenced when they attempted to speak out and seek reform.

Flitter connects the dots between data, history, legal scholarship, and powerful personal stories to provide a “must-read wake-up call” (Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, president of KNOWN Holdings)about what it means to bank while Black. As America continues to confront systemic racism and pave a path forward, The White Wall is an essential examination of one of its most caustic contributors.
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  4. Publication date
    October 25, 2022
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1982183241
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1982183240
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“Vivid....devastating.... this book examines the ways that our financial system has systematically neglected and exploited Black people.”
—Bloomberg

"Important and infuriating."
—The Guardian



“[A] damning exposé of the essential racism of the American financial system…. A rousing body of evidence in favor of activist reform of financial practices, from ordinary loans to reparations.”
—Kirkus Reviews

"[A] searing debut...This evisceration of Wall Street’s 'private, ugly reality' packs a punch."
—Publishers Weekly

“Through rigorous journalistic inquiry, Emily Flitter boldly exposes the architects of inequality in the United States—the people, the firms and the devices that comprise The White Wall. After reading Flitter’s shocking and powerful narrative about the financial services sector, you’ll be inspired to tear it down.”
—Andre Perry, Brookings Institute Senior Fellow and author of Know Your Price

“The White Wall is a must-read wake up call. Flitter methodically establishes that the wealth creation process, controlled and dictated by big banks, has intentionally created barriers to Black people and all people of color. Flitter’s book should be required reading for anyone interested narrowing the wealth gap; it will leave you mesmerized, shocked, and educated.”
—Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, president of KNOWN Holdings

“Emily Flitter’s The White Wall captures—through assiduous, careful reporting—what I know firsthand: banking while Black, brown, indigenous, female, or as an immigrant can be demoralizing and dehumanizing. The book lays bare the appalling actions of big banks who continue to uphold Jim Crow-era policies like redlining and stifle Black and brown entrepreneurship. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. Read this book as a radical act to let the sunshine in.”
—Luz Urrutia, CEO of Action Opportunity Fund

About the Author

Emily Flitter covers banking and Wall Street for The New York Times. Before this, she spent eight years at Reuters, writing about politics, financial crimes, and the environment. Flitter holds an MA in Near Eastern studies and journalism from New York University and a BA from Wellesley College. She began her journalism career as a freelance reporter in Cairo. The White Wall is her first book.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria/One Signal Publishers (October 25, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1982183241
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1982183240
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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A. Abraham
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024
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Offers details and examples to a view most people have but aren’t able to articulate. The stories were very eye opening. I’ll be reading this book again.
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David Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars The quiet service and its destructive influence
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2022
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This book introduced me to an industry whose racial animus is out of control. I wonder how it will take to make inroads into such a destructive business?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2022
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A powerful and infuriating read. Highly recommend.
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Eric Green
5.0 out of 5 stars The truth hurts!
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2023
I never write reviews. I mean never. There’s something about this book that shook me to the core. I mean it affected me emotionally. I’ve been walking around with quotes of this book ringing in my head for the past few days. I’m deeply disturbed. There’s so much to unpack that I won’t even begin to try. The best thing I can do is advise you to read this book and share it with as many people as you can.
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Shakira
5.0 out of 5 stars Peels back the curtain on Corporate America
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2023
This a great read—depressing at times—but absolutely necessary. Now I understand why you never go to HR with discrimination issues. Also the book points all of the lost financial and human capital due to discriminatory practices.
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Kevin L. Matthews II
5.0 out of 5 stars I know from experience how true this book is!
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2023
This book was well researched and it the thing I wish I had before going into finance at 24 years old.
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5.0 out of 5 stars enraging and clear-eyed
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2022
This book is an incredibly clear and well-written look at the urgent problem of racism in our financial system. It's really horrifying and the book is tough to read in that way but Emily Flitter does a superb job laying it out.
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magsnola
5.0 out of 5 stars glad someone is telling this story
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2022
In AfAm circles I have heard too many nightmare tales from friends in finance. Unfortunately many are comfortable with repeating sins of slavery and Jim Crow, scarcity mindset, no humanity, idolatry of money, whatever the cause how does a nation move forward when it repeats the past repeatedly?
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