The Color of Law sets out to show that America’s cities were racially segregated based on de jure segregation (laws and policies) and not by de facto segregation (e.g., institutions and real estate agencies), as many assume. 

I learned so much from this book. This book does a great job of digging into the racist roots of modern-day America. Rothstein clearly spent a lot of time researching and presenting all of the information to portray how racism and anti-Black laws still have an impact on society today. This book serves as a reminder that, to end systemic racism, we have to make changes to our laws and policies, not just the way people think. 

Highly recommend to any of my fellow white Americans. This book may take a while to get through, but it has so much good information. You will be shocked (or maybe not) at some of the things that got us to where we are today.