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

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megnut's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

The history included in this book was really halogen in covering the many ways that racism in housing has been institutionalized for over a century.
... just don't think his possible remedies are sufficient... or possible within this political system. (A lot of the ideas will fall flat if there's not actually full enforcement of dismantling discriminatory practices.)

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haley49's review against another edition

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5.0

Eye-opening

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shaylac's review

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informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

TLDR: very informative about how America shaped the segregation of African Americans in white neighborhoods. Sometimes it felt like there was too much information to ingest and I wish there was some insight on what was happening to other races that weren't white at this time.

This book is very information heavy, a slow read for me. I was excited to read this book to learn more about how the US made this country segregated and there is very good information about how this happened. This book is heavily centered around how laws that were created to segregate African Americans but I also wish there was some info about other races handling segregation in America. Overall, I think some information was repetitive and there could have been areas to expand more but if this happened, I think this would have the book even more information overload.

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akvolcano's review

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

Very informative! I had a class that mentioned the involvement of segregation in housing, and I enjoyed reading the specific cases and pieces of info! The only reason the rating isn’t higher is because this was an analysis and I prefer a bit more input of the authors experience/feelings/thoughts. Completely worth the read. I would def recommend.

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allisonmaier's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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amandamarieger's review

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

While this book wasn’t the easiest read - particularly seeing how pervasive the segregation has been and how obvious it was - I feel like everyone should read it. It paints the tragic history of housing segregation so unflinchingly, but also in a way that is easy to follow and digest. Highly recommend - leave some time for reflection when you’re reading too.

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brycestevenwilley's review

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challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

A very dense, very important book. It has a lot of sources, and while it kinda seems like it's just example after example of segregation, that's because that's what happened, and this book's purpose is just to document that.

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random19379's review

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challenging hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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wanderonwards's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

This was a disturbing, infuriating, and necessary read. If you haven't picked this book up yet, you should.

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