Race Brokers: Housing Markets and Segregation in 21st Century Urban America...is an engaging and compelling ethnography that convincingly argues that racial segregation is not the by-product of "natural" or "race-neutral" factors...the book shows that segregation results from the racist practices of a constellation of housing market professionals.
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico. Her award-winning research has been published in American Sociological Review, Social Problems, Social Currents, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and City & Community, among other peer-reviewed outlets. Her work has also been featured in national news outlets, including The Washington Post.