Oftentimes, even if a housing agency wanted to desegregate, which was rare, In any way, targeted towards improving predominately black communities. Integrated housing units, or denying loans for public works projects that were, One of these was denying loans for construction on But since the constitution prohibits this, government entitiesĪnd private realtors had to find new ways to circumvent the protections of the Projects such as the Public Works Administration (PWA), the Federal WorksĪgency (FWA), and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) as projects made deliberatelyĪt first, Rothstein notes, the language used to keepĪfrican-Americans out of housing in certain areas was written explicitly: noīlacks allowed. Idea of the New Deal being a liberal, all-inclusive program by pointing to Which segregation continues to thrive in the housing sector. That state-sanctioned policies and federal mandates created the apparatus under From private realtors to neighborhood councils, to public works projects and even legislation, many factors have helped to continue the practice of dividing cities based on black and white.īut Rothstein’s central argument rests on one conclusion: Rothstein’s “The Color of Law” is a book that forces us to take a long look at the history of housing segregation in America.
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