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- (Rothstein, 2017) ⇒ Richard Rothstein. (2017). “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.” Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Subject Headings: Historical Exposé, Jim Crow, Redlining, U.S. Racial Segregation, State-Sanctioned Violence, White Flight.
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- A racial zoning exposé that reveals how early 20th-century policies explicitly designed neighborhoods to segregate by race, using local laws to enforce residential boundaries which the U.S. Supreme Court eventually challenged but could not entirely dismantle due to subtler methods that followed .* The exposé on white flight illustrates the migration patterns of white residents moving away from urban centers to suburbs in reaction to African American migration, highlighting how this movement contributed to persistent residential segregation even without formal legal barriers .
- The exposé on IRS support and compliant regulators demonstrates how tax policies and local governmental compliance played significant roles in maintaining segregated communities by favoring certain racial groups through financial incentives .
- The exposé on local tactics outlines the various methods cities used to perpetuate segregation, such as economic or health-based zoning that effectively kept minority groups in less desirable areas of cities, illustrating the depth of systemic discrimination at the municipal level .* The exposé on state-sanctioned violence underscores the role of law enforcement and local authorities in upholding segregation laws and norms through the use of violence or the threat thereof, often directed at minorities attempting to cross racial boundaries.* The exposé on suppressed incomes discusses how segregated neighborhoods contributed to economic disparities, limiting access to opportunities and resources for minority communities and reinforcing the socioeconomic bases of residential segregation .
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- (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_of_Law Retrieved:2024-5-2.
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America is a 2017 book by Richard Rothstein on the history of racial segregation in the United States. The book documents the history of state sponsored segregation stretching back to the late 1800s and exposes racially discriminatory policies put forward by most presidential administrations in that time, including liberal presidents like Franklin Roosevelt. The author argues that intractable segregation in America is the byproduct of explicit government policies at the local, state, and federal levels, also known as de jure segregation — and not happenstance, or de facto segregation. Among other discussions, the book provides a history of subsidized housing and discusses the phenomenons of white flight, blockbusting, and racial covenants, and their role in housing segregation. Rothstein wrote the book while serving as a research associate for the Economic Policy Institute, where he is now a Distinguished Fellow.
The book has been reviewed many times and was received with critical acclaim; among other honors, it made the longlist for the 2017 National Book Awards, was placed at number four on Publishers Weeklys Top 10 Best Books of 2017, and won Rothstein the 2018 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism. It went on to become a bestseller during the mid-2020 resurgence of national interest in racial injustice following the George Floyd protests. As of the December 20th, 2020 issue, the book has spent 32 total weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list.
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America is a 2017 book by Richard Rothstein on the history of racial segregation in the United States. The book documents the history of state sponsored segregation stretching back to the late 1800s and exposes racially discriminatory policies put forward by most presidential administrations in that time, including liberal presidents like Franklin Roosevelt. The author argues that intractable segregation in America is the byproduct of explicit government policies at the local, state, and federal levels, also known as de jure segregation — and not happenstance, or de facto segregation. Among other discussions, the book provides a history of subsidized housing and discusses the phenomenons of white flight, blockbusting, and racial covenants, and their role in housing segregation. Rothstein wrote the book while serving as a research associate for the Economic Policy Institute, where he is now a Distinguished Fellow.
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Preface 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 Appendix: Frequently Asked Questions Author's Note and Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Photograph Credits Index
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| Author | volume | Date Value | title | type | journal | titleUrl | doi | note | year | |
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| 2017 TheColorofLawAForgottenHistoryo | Richard Rothstein | The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America | 2017 |