Marriage yields tax cuts for whites but not for blacks

Evidence

For middle-class black Americans, marriage does not result in a tax cut, as it does for their white peers. Married black Americans are subject to the highest marginal tax rate and are less likely to get a tax cut like their white peers. Marriage pays off for most white Americans—but not most black Americans. — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 156

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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• Race-neutral tax reforms will fail until underlying societal racism is addressed. (similarity 0.81)