The Laverne Cox Show

Residential Segregation & Structural Racism w/ Richard Rothstein

In this powerful episode, Laverne talks with Richard Rothstein, the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1631494538/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=epi068-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1631494538&amp;linkId=63d671ce744b11643a96d0b36b599564">The Color of Law:</a> A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Rothstein breaks down how the government implemented housing policies in order to segregate Black people primarily in the 1930s and 50s. Though many decades ago, the effects are as present as ever in the education gap, income gap, wealth gap, and “slums.” As violations of the Constitution, it is a requirement to correct past injustices. //INFO:<a href="https://nmrrs.wordpress.com/">New Movement to Redress Racial Segregation</a>Email to Get Involved: carrie@nmrrs.org //Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. //Please rate, review, subscribe and share The Laverne Cox Show with everyone you know. You can find Laverne on Instagram and Twitter @LaverneCox and on Facebook at @LaverneCoxForReal.As always, stay in the love. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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