
‘The Color of Wealth’: The Emotional Trade-Offs of Wealth Building
NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
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Is It OK to Not Talk About Money in Black Families?
Money can be such a taboo conversation that it almost seems like it's just a conversation for adults where sometimes our parents feel like maybe we're too young to be invited into those conversations. I don't think that it's something that has just been passed down for generations. Not talking about money for the older generations in the black community is a sign of protection for them because someone can't take from them what they don't know that they have. Now, there's just something that we don't talk about. And I think that's kind of what it was with my mom. It just was normal. Whereas in my household, me and my boys talk about that all the time. They know
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