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

Low-income, minority, and tribal populations live on some of the most vulnerable real estate in the country due to racism, redlining, and the forced migration of Native Americans.

From Salon

Property values in her neighborhood are depressed as a result of redlining decades ago, according to John Finn, an associate professor in geography at Christopher Newport University who has done extensive research mapping the issue.

From Washington Post

Black migration to San Francisco soared in the 1940s because of shipyard work, but racially restrictive covenants and redlining limited where people could live.

From Seattle Times