The color of social security : race, retirement, disability, and disparity / Jon C. Dubin, Rutgers University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubin, Jon C., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.

Race discrimination.

Equality before the law--United States.

Equality before the law.

Social security--Law and legislation--United States.

Social security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

The Color of Social Security traces the myriad ways and interconnected social systems in which racism has been embedded into American social security programs. Drawing on American history, Jon Dubin exposes institutionalized processes undermining racially equitable receipt of retirement and disability benefits. Examples include the 1935 Social Security Act, which excluded Black agricultural and domestic workers in order to protect the postbellum Southern racial economic and political order; the 1972 Supplemental Security Income program's exclusion of persons of color in the U.S. territories, with genesis in 125 years of racialized colonial domination; 1980s criminal justice system restrictions; systemic racial bias in disability decisions in the 1990s; disability eligibility obstacles from "race-norming" in the 2000s; and the misevaluation of Black claimants with sickle cell disease under Social Security Administration regulations since 2015. While exploring these histories, Dubin offers concrete solutions to address racial inequity and create a more equitable future.

Contents:

The Social Security Act in Racial and Historical Context : The Agricultural and Domestic Worker Exclusion in the Old Age/Retirement Insurance Program

Contemporary Racial Inequity for Beneficiaries of the Social Security Old Age/Retirement Program : Causes, Remedies, and Imminent Challenges

Mass Incarceration and the Racial Impact of Criminal Justice System Involved Statutory Restrictions in the Social Security Programs

The Exclusion of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits Program from the Principal U.S. Territories and the Racial Origins and Implications of American Colonialism in the Welfare State

Race, Health Care Inequity and Medical and Adjudicative Bias, Particularly in Evaluation of Pain and Symptomology, in the Social Security Disability Programs

The Special Problem of Race-Norming and Correction in Medical Diagnostic and Clinical Care Tools and Algorithms Used in Social Security Disability Assessments

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2026).

ISBN:

1-009-85900-5