The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power: Media, Race, Economics

by Jared A. Ball

The second edition of this Palgrave Pivot offers a history of and proof against claims of "buying power" and the impact this myth has had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the United States. For generations Black people have been told they have what is now said to be more than one trillion dollars of "buying power," and this book argues that commentators have misused this claim largely to blame Black communities for their own poverty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031265483
• ISBN13: 9783031265488
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"