Richard Rothstein
Richard Rothstein | |
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| Born | 1943 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, author |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University |
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| Discipline | Education and housing policy |
| Notable works | The Color of Law |
Richard Rothstein is an American historian and academic. His research focuses on the history of segregation in the United States with regards to education and housing.
Career
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 Legal Defense Fund.[2] Previously, he was the national education columnist for The New York Times from 1999 to 2002.[3]
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 at all levels--federal, state, and local. Rothstein's argument is in contrast to the prevailing view, held by Supreme Court in the 1973 decision Miliken v. Bradley and a subsequent 2007 decision: that housing segregation is primarily the result of private racism and decisions.[4] The book was positively received; 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]
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (2017)
References
- ^ "Richard Rothstein | Haas Institute". haasinstitute.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ "Richard Rothstein People". Economic Policy Institute. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ Rothstein, Richard (November 10, 1999). "LESSONS; Does Social Class Matter in School?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on September 19, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ Greenhouse, Linda (June 29, 2007). "Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ Oshinsky, David (June 20, 2017). "A Powerful, Disturbing History of Residential Segregation in America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ Cohen, Rachel M. (May 5, 2017). "Discrimination Is Not De Facto". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ "The Way We Were? The Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement". Economic Policy Institute. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ "Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black–White Achievement Gap". Economic Policy Institute. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ "Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right". Economic Policy Institute. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
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