1.0School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences/iasCamille Walsh publishes Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973 - School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciencesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lowDm5Nhe6"><a href="/ias/news/2018/02/21/racial-taxation">Camille Walsh publishes <em>Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973</em></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/ias/news/2018/02/21/racial-taxation/embed#?secret=lowDm5Nhe6" width="600" height="338" title="“Camille Walsh publishes <em>Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973</em>” — School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences" data-secret="lowDm5Nhe6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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IAS faculty member Camille Walsh published Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973 with the University of North Carolina Press. The book explores the history of the concept of “taxpayer citizenship”—the idea that, as taxpayers, we deserve access to certain social services like a public education. It shows how tax policy and taxpayer identity were built on the foundations of white supremacy and intertwined with ideas of whiteness. From the origins of unequal public school funding ...