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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. Who does Rothstein say spread the word that Bill Myers, an African-American veteran, had moved into the Levittown in Pennsylvania?
2. Where did the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) find financing for an integrated development?
3. Why did it not matter to black families that the courts generally saw through the racial motivations of developers who demolished black or integrated neighborhoods?
4. When was the second Great Migration that brought black families north?
5. Where does Rothstein say inclusionary zoning ordinances are forcing builders to set aside units for low-income families?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has appreciation affected the wealth disparity between black and white families in America?
2. What is Rothstein’s first suggestion for reforming our country to address systemic racism?
3. What other local tactics does Rothstein describe?
4. What does Rothstein say was the other regulatory agencies’ role in promoting segregation?
5. What steps does Rothstein say the real estate industry could take to remedy years of structural injustice?
6. What role did the federal government play in the riot outside Bill Myers’ house in Levittown in Pennsylvania?
7. Why does Rothstein say housing is such a difficult field for righting past injustices?
8. How did cities use slum clearance as a justification for segregation?
9. What steps were taken to keep Wilbur Gary from moving into his house in the Rollingwood development in Richmond, CA?
10. Who does Rothstein say suffers for the segregation black families have faced?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 2
Identify the most important plot points in The Color of Law. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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