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

The author 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, this book incontrovertibly makes it clear...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rothstein, Richard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton and Company, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
USA
Table of 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.