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Count before you blame

In 1896, W. E. B. Du Bois took a lowly post with no students and went door to door through a Philadelphia ward that many critics were blaming for the city’s troubles. Research and a bestselling book show what counting conditions can reveal, and where the argument gets contested.

Major #17: SociologyThe story: W. E. B. Du Bois (1890s). The book: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein.

About 8 minutes

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In this lesson

  • A post with no students
  • What the doors revealed
  • What the research says
  • The book: The Color of Law
  • What the evidence says about the book
  • Where this comes from
  • Try it today
  • 4 questions to check yourself

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