How Federal Housing Policy Segregated American Communities Cody Drabble Tuesday, September 12, 2017 | Sacramento, CA Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. For this week's installment of the Insight collaboration with The View From Here: Place And Privilege, we're airing an interview with Richard Rothstein about his book "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America." Reporter Cosmo Garvin spoke with Rothstein about the history of policies that resulted in segregated communities in California and across the United States for the affordable housing podcast.