Quotes About Richard Rothstein

Government has an obligation, they say, to remedy structural racism regardless of its cause decades ago.

The California real estate commissioner refused to take any action, asserting that while regulations prohibited licensed agents from engaging in "unethical practices," the exploitation of racial fear was not within the real estate commission's jurisdiction.

If I am right that we continue to have de jure segregation, then desegregation is not just a desirable policy; it is a constitutional as well as a moral obligation that we are required to fulfill.

Most segregation does fall into the category of open and explicit government-sponsored segregation

Segregation by intentional government action is not de facto. Rather, it is what courts call de jure: segregation by law and public policy.