If you were looking at human genomes trying to divide people into groups based on genetic differences, you wouldn’t likely come up with the divisions we have, because they’re based on geography and history, not biology. Which is the opposite of them having biological reality.

Just because racism is rarely the *only* factor in the history of American discriminatory practices doesn't mean it hasn't consistently been a meaningful and impactful one. Redlining is one such example where that outsized impact is clear. (/rant, sources in images)

Concluding: redlining explicitly (but not exclusively) discriminated on the basis race, and that discrimination was anti-white. Doesn't mean white folks didn't get caught up - it just means relatively higher rates of non-white folks were. That has had systemic, racist generational consequences. (6)

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)

These were the sorts of gov't and private guidelines that the folks drawing up redlining maps at the adjacent Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) agency would consider in writing up their maps. So, yes, redlining was explicitly discriminatory in a way that was extra anti-white! (4)

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)

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)

very excited to see what this does to the lives and livelhoods of my friends and family. also excited to live through, what, the third economic collapse that is the direct product of republican governance?