![]() “ ‘If there’s no limit to how much a man can make, and it doesn’t matter how he makes it, God help us,’ ” Satter’s grandfather, Isaac, used to say. ![]() The narrative-and the author’s inspiration-begins at home. If anyone still questions the significance of such organizing in the inner city, she should read Family Properties for a lesson in just how hard a job it is. Through the lens of history, Satter sheds crucial light on both the current subprime-mortgage crisis and the importance of community organizing in Chicago. Such is the case with Beryl Satter’s Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black America. Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black America | By Beryl Satter | Metropolitan Books | 512 pages, $30Įvery now and then, the zeitgeist smiles down upon a writer and makes the subject she’s been toiling over for a decade a hot topic at the time of publication. ![]()
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