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“Only if we can develop a broadly shared understanding of our common history will it be practical to consider steps we could take to fulfill our obligations.”

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

February 3, 2022 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

The Color of Law is the reason I have been absolutely plowing through Romances I trust to help feed my brain some needed positive feelings as this book is a big important book about a topic that is rage inducing. In The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Richard Rothstein marches the reader through the various manners by which the U.S. government has actively created and enforced the racial segregation we see all around us by baking it into […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: de jure segregation, GFY Bookclub, rage inducing, Richard Rothstein, segregation, The Color of Law

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: de jure segregation, GFY Bookclub, rage inducing, Richard Rothstein, segregation, The Color of Law ·
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It’s Never Been Fair

The Color of Law- A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

June 3, 2021 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

After reading A Promised Land and feeling upbeat, I started The Color of Law because we don’t deserve happiness in 2021. The Color of Law, subtitled A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, sets out to prove, and I think very effectively, that segregation was and is the result of government policy. More simply, the policies are de jure not de facto. It was not the actions of people or institutions acting with prejudice but instead the laws passed, from the national to […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, discrimination, Richard Rothstein, systemic racism

thewheelbarrow's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #blacklivesmatter, discrimination, Richard Rothstein, systemic racism ·
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