Richard Rothstein (academic)

Richard Rothstein
Born 1939
Philadelphia
Residence Berkeley, California
Nationality American
Occupation historian, author
Academic background
Alma mater Harvard University
Academic work
Discipline Education and housing policy
Notable works The Color of Law

Richard Rothstein is an American historian and academic. He is a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.[1] Rothstein is also a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow, Emeritus at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP.[2] Previously, he was the National Education Columnist for the New York Times from 1999 to 2002.[3] His research focuses on the history of segregation in the United States with regards to education and housing.

His most recent work is The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. The book explores Rothstein's contention that racial housing segregation is in fact the result of government policy, both federal, state, and local. This is in contrast to the prevailing view of housing segregation, as considered by Supreme Court in the 1973 decision Miliken vs. Bradley and a subsequent 2007 decision, to be primarily the result of private racism and decisions.[4] The book received an extremely positive reception; a review in the New York Times said that there was "no better history" of housing segregation, while Rachel Cohen of Slate called The Color of Law "essential."[5][6]

Bibliography

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  • The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement (1998)[7]
  • Class and Schools (2004)[8]
  • Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right (2008)[9]
  • Rothstein, Richard (2017). The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America. New York: Liveright.

Critical studies and reviews of Rothstein's work

The color of law

  • Anon. "[Untitled review]". Economic Policy Institute.
  • DeParle, Jason (February 22, 2018). "When government drew the color line". The New York Review of Books. 65 (3): 19–20, 22.

References

  1. ↑ "Richard Rothstein | Haas Institute". haasinstitute.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. ↑ "Richard Rothstein People". Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  3. ↑ Rothstein, Richard (1999-11-10). "LESSONS; Does Social Class Matter in School?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  4. ↑ Greenhouse, Linda (2007-06-29). "Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  5. ↑ Oshinsky, David (2017-06-20). "A Powerful, Disturbing History of Residential Segregation in America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  6. ↑ Cohen, Rachel M. (2017-05-05). "Discrimination Is Not De Facto". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  7. ↑ "The Way We Were? The Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement". Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  8. ↑ "Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black–White Achievement Gap". Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  9. ↑ "Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right". Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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