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> Do you think banks are going to turn down the profit of a black mortgage if it is profitable? I'm sure you've heard of redlining, and yes it does still happe
by burkaman 9y ago
> Do you think banks are going to turn down the profit of a black mortgage if it is profitable?
I'm sure you've heard of redlining, and yes it does still happen: https://archives.hud.gov/news/2015/pr15-064b.cfm https://archives.hud.gov/news/2015/pr15-064b.cfm
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/business/dealbook/evans-bank-settles-new-york-redlining-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/business/dealbook/evans-b...
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-and-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-reach-settlement-hudson-city https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-and-consum...
Those are just a few examples that happen to be linked on Wikipedia.
> Do you think this lady on the mountain is just going to turn down money because the renter is Asian?
Yes, because that's what she said. I do my best to take people at their word unless there's a good reason not to.
> I'm just saying it's not the norm.
We could argue about what "norm" means, but at the very least, it's common. It's not just isolated incidents of crazy people doing crazy things.
I'm sorry but I didn't really follow the rest of your comment. As far as I can tell there's no culture clash or unwritten rules at issue in this story.
- TallGuyShort 9y ago>> Yes, because that's what she said. I do my best to take people at their word unless there's a good reason not to. Except that she had already accepted the money and I would presume the first time she saw the client's ethnicity didn't occur between accepting the booking and the final outburst. A bunch of other, unrelated stuff happened that made her angry. And then she dropped the racist stuff. That's an important distinction for that parent is saying.