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> And it turns out that racially discriminatory lending and coverage can be quite profitable – particularly when enabled with technological precision. this is
by jerkstate 8y ago
> And it turns out that racially discriminatory lending and coverage can be quite profitable – particularly when enabled with technological precision.
this is a troubling statement, is this just the author speaking or is there data to back it up?
- currymj 8y agothere’s decades of history about the practice of redlining in the US (good term to Google), as well as more recent court cases related to subprime lending.
- securingsincity 8y agoMore recently facebook was charged by HUD for allowing people to buy ads and filter out by race, sex, another protected statuses under the fair housing act https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/files/hud_v_facebook.pdf https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/files/hud_v_faceboo...
- overcode 8y agoNot sure what data you expect to see. People generally don't publish their discriminatory lending and insurance policies. Or do you think that the statement that it's profitable might be incorrect?