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How America Became Segregated

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Beginning in the 1920s, many American cities began to institute racial zoning policies, the effects of which can still be felt today. Richard Rothstein of the Economic Policy Institute joins us to talk about the cumulative impact of these local laws, which he writes about in “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” (Liveright).