By Alice T. Crowe Black Americans have struggled to build wealth in America through property ownership. Owning land meant freedom. Government policies like redlining and restrictive covenants cheated Black families and communities out of wealth. Jim Crow’s color-coded paper maps were just one ruse in a trick bag of tactics used to normalize segregation and […]
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How redlining’s legacies demand new policy action
Redlining, a policy rooted in the Great Depression, has led to a significant racial wealth gap in the U.S., with Black families having 62 cents to the White household’s dollar, and has led to increased risk for hypertension, kidney disease, strokes, diabetes, and lower life expectancy at birth.