The Color of Law A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (z-lib.org).epub

no apologies: it has been my intent to express the analysis in the most
effective way I know how, as often as I can.
One group of previously published articles (covering policy from the
Truman through the Nixon administrations) was co-authored with
University of Massachusetts professor Mark Santow, who has consented to
my again drawing on his important archival research. Thank you, Mark.
I am indebted to those who read early drafts of the complete manuscript
and made careful suggestions to improve it. Almost all of their suggestions
have been adopted, and in cases where I failed to adopt some, I endorse
without reservation the obligatory disclaimer that I alone am to blame for
the book’s deficiencies. I am deeply indebted to these readers—David
Bernstein, Sherrilyn Ifill, Stephen Menendian, Larry Mishel, Leila Morsy,
David Oppenheimer, Judith Petersen, and Florence Roisman.
In previous writing, I have benefited from relationships with several
great editors. Each has proven to me, on multiple occasions, that you can
indeed make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. For this book, three—Bob
Kuttner, Sara Mosle, and Kit Rachlis—read and made important editorial
criticisms and suggestions regarding this manuscript. Bob suggested the
book’s title, both a metaphor and an allusion. Kit devoted several weeks to
intense work with me on a detailed structural and line edit. Before
submitting the book to my publisher, I flew to Los Angeles so Kit could sit
side by side with me and improve the writing and argument, word by word
and line by line. If you find any silk in The Color of Law, it is his more than
mine. He is truly a coauthor of this book.
On top of all that, Bob Weil at Liveright devoted his summer vacation to
making the presentation of this material even more logical, clear, and
persuasive. Without his careful effort, all the work I and my colleagues and
my students put into this project might have been wasted. Thanks, Bob.
My debt to Bob Weil includes gratitude for the staff he and his
colleagues at Liveright have assembled—art director Steve Attardo, who
designed the book jacket; copy editor Janet Biehl; managing editor Nancy
Palmquist; project editor Anna Mageras; production manager Anna Oler;
and above all, Marie Pantojan, who oversaw the entire editing and
production process and made sure everything fit together.
It is usual in pages like these to acknowledge the support of family, but
its conventionality does not diminish my gratitude. My wife, Judith