Welcome to Karen Hunter is awesome.

I am Karen Hunter, and in this space, we're going to be challenged to be better, okay?

And I get to talk to some amazing people on my radio show on Sirius XM.

And I had this interview.

I picked, you know, I said when it came across my desk, I was like, yes, of course,

I want to talk about plundered.

I want to talk about how racist policies undermine black home ownership in America.

As we start to put together, our memories, start to reclaim our history and our time.

And what I got in Bernadette to a hende was more than I bargained for. I thought it was going to be one of those,

you know, Harvard trained property law scholar. We're going to have this kind of very

pristine conversation about the laws and the racism that has permeated the United States since its

inception, but it was so much more than that. So I want to share that with you as she will be back

on the radio, of course, but this is our first time talking. My interview with Bernadette,

Atuhahen, Plundered is the book. You should buy it, check it out, keep it on your library, read it, reference it, and up next my discussion with her about race and home ownership. Stay tuned. In the introduction, we are meeting Ms. Anna Mae Jackson, who has lived in her house for 50 years. And the author writes, today, however, her neighborhood,

once full of conversation, partners, warmth, and verve, has become desolate. There are now twice

as many vacant lots overgrown with brush as occupied homes. An outside observer might reasonably

come to the conclusion that a devastating fire

visited the block or a capricious tornado tore away some homes and left others standing. But the

blight that has eviscerated Ms. May's neighborhood and indeed much of Detroit is a man-made disaster,

one with a surprising cause,

illegally inflated property taxes.

And we're going to talk about it.

...