Slacker’s Syllabus: Redlining

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Ever wondered why some neighborhoods look the way they do?

Let’s talk about “redlining.”

Today, "redlining" is a catchall term for racial housing segregation, but its origins date back to discriminatory government mortgage lending policies from nearly a century ago.

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