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Nov 17, 2021 · Council Member Inga Selders stands in front of her childhood home, where she currently lives with her family in Prairie Village, Kan. Selders stumbled upon a racially restrictive housing covenant...
- Cheryl W. Thompson
Dec 15, 2022 · These racial disturbances led to the proliferation of racially restrictive covenants to segregate Black housing. By the late 1920s, their usage spread widely, especially across the North and ...
- Farrell Evans
May 4, 2021 · NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about the racist real estate practices that ensured wealth accumulated along racial lines, even after housing discrimination...
Fifty years after the passage of “fair housing,” racial discrimination remains embedded in the operations of the American housing market. The federal government’s failure to enforce its own laws against racial discrimination is a reflection of its institutional racism but not an explanation.
Racism Definition. “Individual- and group-level processes and structures that are implicated in the reproduction of racial inequality.” Systemic racism happens when these structures or processes are carried out by groups with power, such as governments, businesses or schools.
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May 13, 2015 · For most of the last century, lenders and brokers—including national realtor organizations—used race as a proxy for neighborhood value. “Appraisal manuals,” writes Pietila, “continued to ...
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Jun 11, 2020 · The racist policy of redlining caused homeowners in a “redlined” neighborhood to miss out on $212,000 worth of home equity, leading to lower homeownership rates for Black families and overall economic inequality.
