The color of law
Subtitle: a forgotten history of how our government segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9781631492853
Subjects: Race relations; Government policy; Discrimination in housing; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; Segregation; LAW / Housing & Urban Development; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; History; African Americans; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Description: "Richard Rothstein 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 it 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"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: If San Francisco, then everywhere?; title: Public housing, black ghettos; title: Racial zoning; title: "Own your own home"; title: Private agreements, government enforcement; title: White flight; title: IRS support and compliant regulators; title: Local tactics; title: State-sanctioned violence; title: Suppressed incomes; title: Looking forward, looking back; title: Considering fixes; title: Epilogue.