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Richard Rothstein is an American academic and author affiliated with the Economic Policy Institute, and a senior fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. His current research focuses on the history of segregation in the United States with regards to education and housing.
Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He is the author of The Color of Law, a book that explores how federal, state, and local policies segregated America by race and ethnicity.
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.
Richard Rothstein argues that segregation in America is the result of explicit government policies, not private practices. His book, The Color of Law, explores the history and impact of racial discrimination in housing and education.
Jun 20, 2017 · Richard Rothstein is a senior fellow at the Othering & Belonging Institute and the author of The Color of Law. He studies the history and effects of racial segregation and integration in education and housing policy.
Jun 1, 2023 · Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law, discusses how government actions contributed to racial inequality in housing and education. He explains how federal subsidies, redlining, and exclusionary zoning created and maintained segregated cities.
May 2, 2017 · Widely heralded as a “masterful” (Washington Post) and “essential” (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law offers “the most forceful argument ever...
