{"product_id":"just-action-how-to-challenge-segregation-enacted-under-the-color-of-law-9781324093244","title":"Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law","description":"In his best-selling book \u003cem\u003eThe Color of Law\u003c\/em\u003e, Richard Rothstein demolished the de facto segregation myth that black and white Americans live separately by choice, providing \"the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to the reinforced neighborhood segregation\" (William Julius Wilson). This landmark work--through its nearly one million copies sold--has helped to define the fractious age in which we live. \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Color of Law\u003c\/em\u003e's unrefuted account has become conventional wisdom. But how can we begin to undo segregation's damage? \"It's rare for a writer to feel obligated to be so clear on solutions to the problems outlined in a previous book,\" writes E. J. Dionne, yet Richard Rothstein--aware that twenty-first-century segregation continues to promote entrenched inequality--has done just that, teaming with housing policy expert Leah Rothstein to write \u003cem\u003eJust Action\u003c\/em\u003e, a blueprint for concerned citizens and community leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs recent headlines informed us, twenty million Americans participated in racial justice demonstrations in 2020. Although many displayed \"Black Lives Matter\" window and lawn signs, few considered what could be done to redress inequality in their own communities. Page by page, \u003cem\u003eJust Action\u003c\/em\u003e offers programs that activists and their supporters can undertake in their own communities to address historical inequities, providing bona fide answers, based on decades of study and experience, in a nation awash with memes and internet theories.\u003c\/p\u003e Often forced to respond to social and political outrage, banks, real estate agencies, and developers, among other institutions, have apologized for past actions. But their pledges--some of them real, others thoroughly hollow--to improve cannot compensate for existing damage. \u003cem\u003eJust Action\u003c\/em\u003e shows how community groups can press firms that imposed segregation to finally take responsibility for reversing the harm, creating victories that might finally challenge residential segregation and help remedy America's profoundly unconstitutional past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leah Rothstein,Richard Rothstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.39w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324093244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRothstein, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRichard Rothstein\u003c\/b\u003e, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Law\u003c\/i\u003e and father to co-author Leah Rothstein, has written many books and articles on educational policy and racial inequality. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRothstein, Leah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLeah Rothstein\u003c\/b\u003e's expertise in the full range of housing policy stems from more than two decades of experience as a consultant to affordable housing developers and local governments and as a community and union organizer. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Leah Rothstein \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47876573102237,"sku":"9781324093244","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_692b45d8-d1bd-4725-8ef8-cda33fadb4fc.jpg?v=1777382198","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/just-action-how-to-challenge-segregation-enacted-under-the-color-of-law-9781324093244","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}