Fighting for a Foothold: How Government and Markets Undermine Black Middle-Class Suburbia

Prince George’s County, Maryland, is a suburban jurisdiction in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and is home to the highest concentration of Black middle—class residents in the United States. As such, it is well positioned to overcome White domination and anti—Black racism and their social and economic consequences. Yet Prince George’s does not raise tax revenue sufficient to provide consistent high—quality public goods and services. In Fighting for a Foothold, sociologist Angela Sim...