Topic: Richard Rothstein

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51: Civil Wrongs
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51: Civil Wrongs

Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law and FHA Segregation

Mo Facts plays clips of Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law, explaining how the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Public Works Administration intentionally created segregation. Rothstein describes how the government demolished integrated neighborhoods to build race-specific public housing. This policy concentrated Black families in urban centers while subsidizing white flight to the suburbs, creating the modern metropolitan landscape.