Just Action

How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law

By: Richard Rothstein, Leah Rothstein

Narrated by: Richard Rothstein, Leah Rothstein

The Color of Law brilliantly recounted how government at all levels created segregation. Just Action describes how we can begin to undo it.

In the six years since its initial publication, The Color of Law, “the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation” (William Julius Wilson), has become a landmark work that—through its nearly one million copies sold—has helped to define the fractious age in which we live. Aware that 21st-century segregation continues to promote entrenched inequality, Richard Rothstein has now teamed with housing policy expert Leah Rothstein to write Just Action, a blueprint for concerned citizens and community leaders. This book describes dozens of activities that listeners and supporters can undertake in their own communities to make their commitment real, producing victories that might finally challenge residential segregation and help remedy America’s profoundly unconstitutional past.

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©2023 Richard Rothstein and Leah Rothstein (P)2023 Audible, Inc.

The blueprint for racial equity in America

The Rothstein’s offer practical actions to change American communities for the better. After demonstrating in the Color of Law that the segregation that is so common in America today was established by public and private policy. Just Action offers practical strategies and examples of what we can do to chose greater equity, greater value, and greater unity in America.

Must read

Highly recommend reading THE COLOR OF LAW first, but not mandatory, both are extremely well written : education amd action

Very insightful

I like the book. It talked a lot about the inequalities in housing for minorities. It gave actionable steps to help improve the situation. Wish it could have talked more on how other communities outside of whites and blacks that could help improve housing