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Ajamu Dillahunt & Brian Miller

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentators: Ajamu Dillahunt is a board member of United for a Fair Economy (UFE) and an outreach coordinator with the North Carolina Justice Center. Brian Miller is executive director of UFE. Dillahunt and Miller are co-authors of UFE’s State of the Dream 2010 report entitled, “Drained ” Jobless and Foreclosed in Communities of Color". Click here to contact the authors.

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Why the African American Community Needs the Estate Tax

By Ajamu Dillahunt & Brian Miller

Some may wonder what the federal estate tax has to do with the struggles of African-Americans and other people of color. By curbing the transfer of unlimited wealth from generation to generation, a strong estate tax is an important tool in closing the racial wealth divide and ensuring every generation, regardless of race and family…

Some may wonder what the federal estate tax has to do with the struggles of African-Americans and other people of color. By curbing the transfer of…

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