The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein is a book on history and research on segregation in America. It argues that government policies, designated as Anti-Black, were the root causes of the racial divide in the suburbs and cities all across America. Rothstein takes the blame away from segregation which was just a product of these policies. He writes that politicians from both the Democrats and Republicans spent decades on end imposing and enforcing racial segregation in the United States of America. Federal, State, and Local laws were designed to keep people of color from having too many housing options through deliberate zoning. The State also allegedly sponsored mass protests and violence. Rothstein’s consensus is backed by extensive research into the different regional legislation in the USA. Rothstein pulls the curtain off the devastating effects these legislation had on Black communities.
Through legislation, they prevented people of color from building clusters of settlements in cities, fearing that if too many black people lived in an area, the city would be viewed as Pro-Black. Thus, the city will not be investor-friendly. Fearing this boom in the African-American population, they scattered millions of black people among white people and migrated white people into black neighborhoods. The Color of Law is an impressive read. It offers credible scholarly evidence on a systemic plot to isolate and eradicate the black community out of America. To this day, these laws are implemented by both sides and of the Isle without the slightest regard for the fallout that it has had on the black community.
Despite its shocking revelations, the book is pretty much a research and an uncovering of history that many people have refused to acknowledge as facts. The book is far from being a political conspiracy because everything explored is sourced from factual evidence from the United States Legislation. The United States has a very complicated past especially when it comes to racial discrimination and segregation. A significant amount of laws about minorities in the United States have remained unchanged for hundreds of years. There has been no pressure to amend them and that will continue to weigh heavily on the American Society. Rothstein offers clear proof of human rights violations that were overlooked by politicians who sought to oppress a minority in favor of the majority.
