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by Richard Rothstein


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In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation―that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation―the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments―that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day.

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Widely heralded as a "masterful" (Washington Post) and "essential" (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law offers "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation" (William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning; public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities; subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs; tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation; and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods. A groundbreaking, "virtually indispensable" study that has already transformed our understanding of twentieth-century urban history (Chicago Daily Observer), The Color of Law forces us to face the obligation to remedy our unconstitutional past.

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  • Title The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
  • Author Richard Rothstein
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Liveright Publishing Corporation
  • Date 2018-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9781631494536 / 1631494538
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.1 in (20.57 x 13.21 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations - History -, Segregation - United States - History - 20th
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.800
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