Lines that Last: Legal Segregation by Design - A Color of Law Conversation

In this episode, Richard Rothstein reveals how segregation in American communities was not the result of personal choice or private prejudice, but the outcome of deliberate government policy and industry practice. From housing and zoning laws to mortgage lending and urban planning, he explains how the architecture of inequality was built — and why its legacy still defines our neighborhoods today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode, Richard Rothstein reveals how segregation in American communities was not the result of personal choice or private prejudice, but the outcome of deliberate government policy and industry practice. From housing and zoning laws to mortgage lending and urban planning, he explains how the architecture of inequality was built — and why its legacy still defines our neighborhoods today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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