De Jure Segregation Quotes

“We have greater political and social conflict because we must add unfamiliarity with fellow citizens of different racial backgrounds to the challenges we confront in resolving legitimate disagreements about public issues. Racial polarization stemming from our separateness has corrupted our politics, permitting leaders who ignore the interests of white working-class voters to mobilize them with racial appeals.”
― Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America