![]() ![]() The Color of Law traverses the origins of public housing, racially exclusionary zoning laws, and a broad array of other federal and local housing policies that intended to and succeeded at oppressing and segregating African Americans. This book explains how government action weaponized the law to maintain racially segregated neighborhoods and led to generations of housing instability for many families of color. Now, as the federal and District government face a wave of unemployment, and the surge in housing instability that will result without purposeful government action, The Color of Law takes on renewed importance. I received it as a gift from the Washington Council of Lawyers as part of a training program on eviction defense. This thought-provoking book tells the story of how housing policy has entrenched racial segregation. A few weeks before I joined Legal Aid, I received a copy of The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein. ![]()
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