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Urban development in the United States is already about race; it is inescapable and cannot be ignored. The demographics of about every American city bears a str
by thebooktocome 6y ago
Urban development in the United States is already about race; it is inescapable and cannot be ignored. The demographics of about every American city bears a striking resemblance to the "redlining" maps used to deny affordable mortgages to non-whites. Redlining still happens, but now it takes the form of predatory lending.
- whimsicalism 6y agoOnly on HN will someone look at housing & geographic distribution in urban America and somehow think "well I don't see how race had anything to do with this!" Beyond that, so much evidence points to continued rampant housing discrimination today and we don't even try to enforce anti-discrimination law anymore like we did in the 70s and 80s. Compare [0] with [1]. [0]: https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/real-estate-agents-investigation/ https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/real-estate-agents-... [1]: https://www.propublica.org/article/no-sting-feds-wont-go-undercover-to-prove-housing-discrimination https://www.propublica.org/article/no-sting-feds-wont-go-und...