The Black Girl's Guide to Financial Freedom
by Paris Woods
Woods, who reached financial independence in her thirties as an educator, lays out a plan for Black women: avoiding the debt traps marketed to them, investing early, negotiating pay, and building wealth without a high salary. Direct, specific and free of hype.
Read it if…
you want a financial-independence plan written for Black women by one who did it on a teacher's income.
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Skip it if…
you want advanced investing; this is foundations done right.
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Three things you will actually use
- Avoid debt marketed as opportunity.
- Invest early and boringly.
- Negotiate every offer.
Do this first
Open or increase a retirement contribution this week, even by one percent.
Our verdict
Direct and hype-free.
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