The author dedicates one chapter to possible remedies. Even if everyone in your group is not up to the density of this book, if a few people read it and everyone watches the Segregated by Design video and/or listens to Terry Gross’ interview the author, your group can have a meaningful and valuable discussion. While learning history from a law professor may be ponderous at times- this is not a light read- it’s critical to understand. As the author repeatedly makes clear, we each must learn this history if we are going to successfully remedy the unconstitutional segregation we have allowed. The Color of Law lays out this history, with extensive footnotes, along with the resulting outcomes on an individual basis and for our country as a whole. The results of these laws and policies not only created the segregated communities we now have, they are a primary cause of the wealth gap we see today between whites and African Americans in the United States as whites were able to take advantage of wealth building in homes whose value has soared over the decades. needs to learn the history of de jure segregation law and policy were enacted and enforced at the local, state and federal level that promoted discriminatory housing practices.
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