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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. To what does Rothstein attribute the fact that schools are more segregated today than in 1967?

2. How have American wages changed since 1973?

3. What order does Rothstein say the police had been given in relation to the riot at Bill Myers’ house?

4. Who does Rothstein say has suffered with African Americans for the injustice of segregation and discrimination?

5. What did local officials do to prevent the AFSC from building an integrated development?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did cities use slum clearance as a justification for segregation?

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

3. Who does Rothstein say was arrested when Andrew Wade, an African-American veteran, tried to move into the white suburb of Shively outside Louisville, Kentucky in 1954?

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

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

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

7. What steps were taken to keep Wilbur Gary from moving into his house in the Rollingwood development in Richmond, CA?

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

9. Why does Rothstein examine the wage suppression of African Americans?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the problems or limitations of Rothstein’s argument in The Color of Law? Where is his argument the weakest? Where could his argument be stronger? Does he fully accomplish the goals he sets out for the book?

Essay Topic 2

How does reading The Color of Law change your perspective about America’s history? What was the most important thing you learned from this book? Why do you think this fact or view was not taught elsewhere in your education?

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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