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SvenBrimstone
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Sr. Meme Specialist | Temple University Media Studies/Production & Political Science 2019
The impact of these extra barriers to property ownership for non-white folks persists. The distorted demographics of redlined areas today vs those that were not redlined shows as much. See the attached charts showing redlined area demographics in 2017 and nationwide trends. (5)
April 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Even before the FHA existed, large realty organizations like the National Association of Realtors had official guidance to restrict service to non-white folks in addition to their other recommendations. (3)
April 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
They even recommended restrictive covenants to avoid race-mixing in neighborhoods. To reiterate, while redlining was not *just* racially discriminatory, it certainly WAS racially discriminatory. (2)
April 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Was redlining *only* about racism? No!

Was racism explicitly written into the guidance for redliners, making policy even worse for non-white folks? 100% YES!

The FHA listed race mixing in communities and the presence of “inharmonious racial groups” as reason enough to deny credit in 1938. (1)
April 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
*taps mic*

Look at these fellas
November 23, 2024 at 4:36 PM