Episode 2: Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law

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Prof. Sachs speaks with historian Richard Rothstein about his
groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, The
Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government
Segregated America, in which Rothstein explodes the myth that
America’s cities came to be racially divided through individual
prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private
institutions. Rather, he makes clear that it was the laws and
policy decisions of local, state, and federal governments that
actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to
affect Black Americans to this day.

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Footnotes:


Richard Rothstein. (2020, Jan. 20). The Neighborhoods We Will
Not Share. The New York Times. 

Richard Rothstein. (2020, Aug. 14). The Black Lives Next
Door. The New York Times.  

Richard Rothstein. (2004), Modern Segregation.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

Levittown, NY

Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution

Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution

Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist.
No. 1, 551 U.S. 701 (2007)

Braden v. United States :: 365 U.S. 431 (1961)

Princeton’s decision to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from its
school of public policy  and residential college

The Warren Court (1953 – 1969)

American Apartheid

Black Lives Matter

The First Step Towards Reparations in Evanston, Illinois. The
Takeaway. 



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