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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Comptroller of the Currency should have done but did not do?

2. When was the second Great Migration that brought black families north?

3. How much did a Levittown house that cost $75,000 in 1947 cost in 2017 when Rothstein published The Color of Law?

4. Where was David Bohannon a developer after World War II?

5. When was the first Great Migration that brought black families north?

Short Essay Questions

1. What steps does Rothstein say the real estate industry could take to remedy years of structural injustice?

2. What complicating variable does Rothstein include in listing the consequences of growing up in poverty?

3. How has appreciation affected the wealth disparity between black and white families in America?

4. How does Rothstein say the 2008 housing collapse affected black families?

5. What does Rothstein say was the other regulatory agencies’ role in promoting segregation?

6. What role did the federal government play in the riot outside Bill Myers’ house in Levittown in Pennsylvania?

7. How does Rothstein say federal policies actively injured black communities?

8. How were African Americans denied the right to collectively bargain for better wages?

9. What strategies does Rothstein say whites used to keep black wages down?

10. What other local tactics does Rothstein describe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What topics would you like to research further, after reading The Color of Law? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on The Color of Law.

Essay Topic 2

How has the housing policy Rothstein describes affected you and your family? How has your housing been determined by the programs or incentives or subsidies or prohibitions Rothstein describes? How has your family been influenced for better or worse by U.S. housing policy?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of The Color of Law—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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