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An investigation by New York state into mortgage lenders in the city of Buffalo found that those companies favored white applicants over those seeking to

Historical Redlining Practices Shape Racial Health Inequalities Today, Study Finds Researchers examined how historical redlining practices in nine US cities impact urban health outcomes today. A recent study, published in the journal Environmental Justice, looked at the associations between historical redlining practices and present-day health inequities. The research team, led by Jason Corburn at UC Berkeley, found that residents in neighborhoods that were historically denied financial invest...

Todd Kirkland/AP Images The lack of access to basic financial services in poor and Black neighborhoods has forced underserved populations to rely on costly alternatives like check-cashing, money orders, and payday loans. In minority-majority zip codes, Black banks are often the primary source for fair, non-predatory lending. But since 2001, their numbers have fallen by more than 50%. In December, the Atlanta Hawks announced a historic $35 million transaction with 1...

click to enlarge Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, and although the robust energy of live celebration and remembrance won’t be part of many of this year’s commemorations, multiple organizations will present virtual events inspired by the spirit of the day. Commemorations of the holiday begin tonight at 7 p.m. with Stand Up, Step Up: 14th Annual MLK Celebration for the Henrietta & Rush Communities. This online event, co-s...

Charged with having a diversity study done. and at the completion of that study, we found that things were what we thought, that racial disparities does in fact exist, that inequality in wages and housing issues and redlining that takes place in the minority community. so with those results, that gave us a baseline to work together and go out into the neighborhoods and say what can we do better to engage blacks? how can we offer them affordable housing? and specifically in my district, we have p...

Arent as homogenous. theres teachers who live next to garbage men, who live next door to people who work at mcdonalds, because that is the way redlining worked for most of the history of this country. so first of all, thats a lie. i mean, i dont know what else to call it. and the other thing is, right, when we attack these problems, right -- and if you even mention the lack of role models before you get to the 54 other things that precede that, that are more important than lack of role models --...

Engage or allow anyone to engage in comparing struggles. i think that is just misdirected. >> how so? >> so were going to now say that my pain is worse than your pain? we had 400 years of slavery in this country. we had years of lynching, which involved black men in particular being dragged from their homes and hung on a tree, often castrated. weve had the years of jim crow and institutional racism that included redlining and systemic racism that lingers today. and then, you know, we also have o...

Two bedroom, one bath that i grew up in. garage converted to be a bedroom for my brothers. so ive got a plan the 3.2 million houses units in america, those are housing units for working families, for the working poor poor, for seniors with disabilities. for people who are coming back from being incarcerated. its about tenants rights, but there is one more piece. housing is how we build wealth in america. the federal government has subsidized the purchasing of housing for decades for white people...

3.2 million houses units in america, those are housing units for working families, for the working poor poor, for seniors with disabilities, its about tenant rights but theres one more piece. housing is how we build wealth in america. the federal government has subsidized the purchasing of housing for decades for white people, and has said for black people youre cut out of the deal. that was known as red lining. when i built a housing plan its not only a housing plan about building new units. it...

Average scores and reduce bias and counter stereotypes among others. and this scheme is basically modern day red lining. a brief reminder, red lining began with the national housing act of 1934 where in maps with literal red lines were deployed where black families were able to live and where whites were able to keep black family in his s certain area, they were also able to control the tax base and keep black children in underfunded schools. fast forward to today. clearly this is still going on...