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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 does Rothstein say is one of the most common justifications for segregation?

2. How have American wages changed since 1973?

3. Where did the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) find financing for an integrated development?

4. Why did Bob Jones University lose its tax-exempt status in 1976?

5. What role does Rothstein say churches and synagogues would play in segregation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rothstein say tax policy was abused to the detriment of African Americans?

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

3. How does Rothstein characterize the obstacles faced by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in desegregating Richmond, CA?

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

5. What does Rothstein say was the fate of George Romney’s attempts at integration in 1970?

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

7. What effect does Rothstein say the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision have on housing segregation?

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

9. What does Rothstein say was the IRS’ role in promoting segregation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would you recommend The Color of Law? For what purposes would you recommend The Color of Law, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How could you address the same material as Rothstein addresses here through a reading list of films and books? What other works show other views of the experience African Americans endured as a result of American institutional racism? What artists or writers have taken this material on in different ways? How have their treatments and conclusions differed?

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