The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Author : Richard Rothstein
Paperback : 342
Hardcover: 342
Pages : 342
ISBN-10: 1631494538
ISBN-13: 1631494538
Language : eng
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One of Bill Gates' "amazing books" of the year
One of the 10 best books of the year by weekly publishers
Longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
A best book of the year of NPR
Hillman award winner for nonfiction
Gold Winner • California Book Award (Non-Fiction)
Finalist • Los Angeles Times Book Award (History)
Finalist • Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize

This "powerful and disturbing story" shows how American governments have deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review).

Widely heralded as a "masterful" (Washington Post) and "essential" (Slate) story of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law offers "the strongest argument ever published on how federal, state and local governments have neighborhood segregation originated and strengthened "(William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation resulting from private prejudice or the unwanted consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government has systematically imposed residential segregation: with an unmasked racial zoning; public housing that intentionally separated previously mixed communities; subsidies for builders to create suburbs for white only; tax exemptions for institutions that imposed segregation; and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods. revolutionary, "practically indispensable" which already has tr shaped 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. 13 illustrations
Location: United States

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