redline
Example Sentences
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Racist housing policies, including redlining, have pushed Black Americans, in particular, into low-lying areas that flood frequently and neighborhoods surrounded by refineries, factories, and other sources of pollution.
From Salon
The economists also included $569 billion to make up for the discriminatory practice of redlining in housing loans.
From Washington Times
The neighborhoods within Berkeley and Oakland that were redlined sit on lower-lying land, closer to industry and bisected by major highways.
From New York Times
Mr. Guice, the Public Knowledge lobbyist, noted that Mr. Biden’s order comes at the same time that attention is growing around the redlining issue.
From Washington Times
Neighborhoods such as Hunting Park, a Black and Hispanic enclave redlined heavily throughout the 20th century, face surface temperatures as much as 22 degrees higher than the largely White, grassier suburbs.
From Washington Post
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