Read as part of a "Milwaukee Reads" initiative and to facilitate a book discussion at the library I work at.

The author's thesis statement, that residential segregation is mainly de jure, not de facto, in large part due to government(s) actively legislating it, was thoroughly researched and and well-argued. There is a brief section on the future, and what can possibly be done, but I didn't leave the book feeling optimistic in any way.

My most important take-away was the author's assertion that we need to be teaching this matter in schools, so our youth will not continue to grow up thinking poverty, social hierarchy, etc. is solely a choice.

Many readers will find the book itself dry, full of legalese, and dense. I was annoyed that the book was end-noted, not foot-noted, and that the citations were not clearly marked in the text. I understand this is a publishing technique to not scare away readers, but come on. The author did include a few * marked footnotes, so why not just be consistent?