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last updated Dec 04, 2020 12:08PM

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Lauren
Sep 21, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Review in Brief:
Two emotions predominated while reading this book: shock 😱 & SMDH 🤦🏻‍♀️. The first from the sheer continued audacity of blatant systemic racism in housing and building of equity and it’s continued consequences and the second from having my cynical impressions confirmed. Rothstein concludes by proposing some doable tactics to sacrifice a little to help all, but in a country that can’t even wear masks to prevent people from dying, how can we even begin to correct this?

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Heidi
Glad I read this as an audiobook because it's the kind of nonfiction I always want to read but have a hard time pushing my way through. It's much easier to just listen as I cook or do something easy around the house with my hands. This is a history of 20th century housing policy and demonstrates widespread segregation and the many ways the US government supported and required segregation in places like New York, Ohio, Missouri, California, Illinois, as well as the more famously segregated South. ...more
CoCo
Mar 14, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: phd-life
Caitlin H
May 21, 2022 rated it liked it
Kate
Jan 08, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Tiffany
Jan 28, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Meghan
Mar 07, 2018 marked it as need-to-finish  ·  review of another edition
Alissa
Oct 11, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jotong
Sep 25, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: book-club
Josh
Feb 02, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Megan
May 30, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: antiracism
Jotong
Feb 07, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Jenni
Aug 20, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Lisa
Jun 16, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
L.h.
Dec 24, 2021 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2021-read-harder
Molly
Jun 27, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Megan
Sep 20, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: summer-2020
Amanda
Jan 25, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition