The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America

Summary:

"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."--Book jacket.

Contents:

If San Francisco, then everywhere?
Public housing, black ghettos
Racial zoning
"
Own your own home"

Private agreements, government enforcement
White flight
IRS support and compliant regulators
Local tactics
State-sanctioned violence
Suppressed incomes
Looking forward, looking back
Considering fixes
Epilogue.

Item details

ISBN: 1631492853
ISBN: 9781631492853
Physical Description: xvii, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017
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Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-320) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	If San Francisco, then everywhere? Public housing, black ghettos Racial zoning "Own your own home" Private agreements, government enforcement White flight IRS support and compliant regulators Local tactics State-sanctioned violence Suppressed incomes Looking forward, looking back Considering fixes Epilogue.

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