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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. His current research focuses on the history of segregation in the United States with regards to education and housing. He has written various books including; The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black–White Achievement Gap and Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right. In this episode he discusses the history of housing and education segregation. You can find out more about him on: https://www.epi.org/people/richard-rothstein/ — Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/StateofEducation/support