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== Career ==
== Career ==
[[File:Richard Rothstein on legal segregation in America.webm|thumb|Rothstein speaking on legal segregation in America in 2015]]
From 1999 until 2002, Rothstein was the national education columnist for ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/10/nyregion/lessons-does-social-class-matter-in-school.html|title=LESSONS; Does Social Class Matter in School?|last=Rothstein|first=Richard|date=November 10, 1999|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919021051/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/10/nyregion/lessons-does-social-class-matter-in-school.html|archive-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and had been a senior fellow at the fellow at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at the law school of the [[University of California, Berkeley]] until it closed in 2015, and then affiliated with the [[Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society|Haas Institute]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] [[UC Berkeley School of Law|School of Law]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/richard-rothstein|title=Richard Rothstein {{!}} Haas Institute|website=haasinstitute.berkeley.edu|language=en|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413185726/https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/richard-rothstein|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


His 2017 book, ''[[The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America]]'', argues that [[Housing segregation in the United States|racial housing segregation]] is the result of government policy at all levels--federal, state, and local. Rothstein disagreed with the prevailing view affirmed by [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] in the 1973 decision ''[[Milliken v. Bradley|Miliken v. Bradley]]'' and a subsequent 2007 decision: that housing segregation is primarily the result of private racism and decisions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/washington/29scotus.html|title=Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration|last=Greenhouse|first=Linda|date=June 29, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202040557/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/washington/29scotus.html|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A review in ''[[The New York Times]]'' said that there was "no better history" of housing segregation, while Rachel Cohen of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' called ''The Color of Law'' "essential."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/books/review/richard-rothstein-color-of-law-forgotten-history.html|title=A Powerful, Disturbing History of Residential Segregation in America|last=Oshinsky|first=David|date=June 20, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413191043/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/books/review/richard-rothstein-color-of-law-forgotten-history.html|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/05/richard_rothstein_s_the_color_of_law_reviewed.html|title=Discrimination Is Not De Facto|last=Cohen|first=Rachel M.|date=May 5, 2017|work=Slate|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|issn=1091-2339|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413130252/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/05/richard_rothstein_s_the_color_of_law_reviewed.html|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
From 1999 until 2002, Rothstein was the national education columnist for ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/10/nyregion/lessons-does-social-class-matter-in-school.html|title=LESSONS; Does Social Class Matter in School?|last=Rothstein|first=Richard|date=November 10, 1999|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919021051/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/10/nyregion/lessons-does-social-class-matter-in-school.html|archive-date=September 19, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and had been a senior fellow at the fellow at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at the law school of the [[University of California, Berkeley]] until it closed in 2015, and then affiliated with the [[Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society|Haas Institute]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] [[UC Berkeley School of Law|School of Law]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/richard-rothstein|title=Richard Rothstein {{!}} Haas Institute|website=haasinstitute.berkeley.edu|language=en|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413185726/https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/richard-rothstein|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
His 2017 book, ''[[The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America]]'', argues that [[Housing segregation in the United States|racial housing segregation]] is the result of government policy at all levels—federal, state, and local. Rothstein disagreed with the prevailing view affirmed by [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] in the 1973 decision ''[[Milliken v. Bradley|Miliken v. Bradley]]'' and a subsequent 2007 decision: that housing segregation is primarily the result of private racism and decisions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/washington/29scotus.html|title=Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration|last=Greenhouse|first=Linda|date=June 29, 2007|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202040557/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/washington/29scotus.html|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A review in ''[[The New York Times]]'' said that there was "no better history" of housing segregation, while Rachel Cohen of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' called ''The Color of Law'' "essential."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/books/review/richard-rothstein-color-of-law-forgotten-history.html|title=A Powerful, Disturbing History of Residential Segregation in America|last=Oshinsky|first=David|date=June 20, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413191043/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/books/review/richard-rothstein-color-of-law-forgotten-history.html|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/05/richard_rothstein_s_the_color_of_law_reviewed.html|title=Discrimination Is Not De Facto|last=Cohen|first=Rachel M.|date=May 5, 2017|work=Slate|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|issn=1091-2339|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413130252/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/05/richard_rothstein_s_the_color_of_law_reviewed.html|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

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* ''The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.epi.org/publication/books_way_we_were/|title=The Way We Were? The Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement|work=Economic Policy Institute|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413191054/https://www.epi.org/publication/books_way_we_were/|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* ''The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.epi.org/publication/books_way_we_were/|title=The Way We Were? The Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement|work=Economic Policy Institute|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413191054/https://www.epi.org/publication/books_way_we_were/|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* ''All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different?''(co-authored in 2003)<ref>https://west.stanford.edu/events/virtual-author-event-richard-rothstein-color-law</ref>
* ''All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different?'' (co-authored in 2003)<ref>https://west.stanford.edu/events/virtual-author-event-richard-rothstein-color-law</ref>


* ''Class and Schools'' (2004)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.epi.org/publication/books_class_and_schools/|title=Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black–White Achievement Gap|work=Economic Policy Institute|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413194101/https://www.epi.org/publication/books_class_and_schools/|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* ''Class and Schools'' (2004)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.epi.org/publication/books_class_and_schools/|title=Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black–White Achievement Gap|work=Economic Policy Institute|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413194101/https://www.epi.org/publication/books_class_and_schools/|archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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Richard Rothstein
Born1943
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Historian, author
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University
Academic work
DisciplineEducation and housing policy
Notable worksThe Color of Law

Richard Rothstein is an American academic and author affiliated with the Economic Policy Institute, and a senior fellow, emeritus at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.[1][2] His current research focuses on the history of segregation in the United States with regards to education and housing.

Career

Rothstein speaking on legal segregation in America in 2015

From 1999 until 2002, Rothstein was the national education columnist for The New York Times.[3] and had been a senior fellow at the fellow at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley until it closed in 2015, and then affiliated with the Haas Institute at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.[4]

His 2017 book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, argues that racial housing segregation is the result of government policy at all levels—federal, state, and local. Rothstein disagreed with the prevailing view affirmed 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.[5] 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."[6][7]

Bibliography

  • The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement (1998)[8]
  • All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different? (co-authored in 2003)[9]
  • Class and Schools (2004)[10]
  • The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement (co-authored in 2005)[11]

References

  1. ^ https://www.epi.org/people/richard-rothstein/
  2. ^ https://west.stanford.edu/events/virtual-author-event-richard-rothstein-color-law
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Richard Rothstein | Haas Institute". haasinstitute.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ https://west.stanford.edu/events/virtual-author-event-richard-rothstein-color-law
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ https://west.stanford.edu/events/virtual-author-event-richard-rothstein-color-law
  12. ^ "Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right". Economic Policy Institute. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.