{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 106 - Myth Buster #3: Banks Don\u2019t Care What Color you Are","description":"On this payday, Amber and Erika are continuing the \u201cMyth Busters\u201d series, debunking the erroneous statement that banks are race neutral and \u201cdon\u2019t care about color\u201d. Dr. Justene Hill-Edwards, University of Virginia professor and author of \u201cSavings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman\u2019s Bank\u201d, joins us to discuss the first bank in American history created for Black Americans. Not only does Dr. Hill-Edwards\u2019 book offer insight into the challenges faced by the formerly enslaved during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, but it also illuminates the racism and inequity that is foundational to the American banking system. Furthermore, her work demonstrates that financial literacy has been used as a tactic to shift blame to Black people for financial issues that we did not create and cannot fix. Listen in to \u201ctake a look, because it\u2019s in a book\u201d that banks do actually care about color! This episode is supported, in part, by the Jane Nelson Institute for Women\u2019s Leadership and the Texas Woman\u2019s University Quality Enhancement Plan. ","author_name":"Broke-ish\u00ae","author_url":"http:\/\/www.brokeish.com","html":"