Laws and policies were enacted and enforced at the local, state and federal level that promoted discriminatory housing practices. In this episode, Richard explains how written policies were used to segregate African Americans in the mid-1920s and how that still determines the racial landscape of today. Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law: Race, Racism and Public Policy in America (cohosted with the Mandel Humanities Center at Cuyahoga Community College). In The Color of Law, Rothstein lays out the history of de jure segregation. entertainment, news presenter 4.9K views, 31 likes, 13 loves, 80 comments, 6 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from GBN Grenada Broadcasting Network: GBN. If you don't have a home, you don't have equity in the home which increases to provide the primary source of wealth. In this recorded online event, Richard Rothstein discusses his critically acclaimed book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government. Veterans Administration established under GI Bill adopted all of the racial exclusions and restrictions (Levittown, Daly City) financed by VA.
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Would you believe the federal government discriminated with intent? Richard Rothstein, author of the Color of Law, explains how the Federal Housing Administration housing was designed to explicitly segregate.
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