Redlining Summary

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The video series on redlining provides a comprehensive overview of how racism became embedded in the structure of American society. It traces the historical and systematic development of racial segregation through key policies and practices. Here’s a detailed explanation of how the source describes the evolution of structural racism. Pre-Redlining Era and Socio Economic Context - Racial segregation and economic disparities were already present but were not systematically enforced on a national level. Because of the Great Depression, housing affordability was very low. Houses are affordable for the upper middle class families. New Deal programs and Jim Crow Segregation- During the Great Depression, The Roosevelt Administration introduced New …show more content…

Areas with predominantly black residents were marked in red, labeling high risk, which led to banks denying loans to residents in these areas. Role of the Real Estate Industry - The real estate industry played a major role in maintaining and promoting racial segregation. The video details how real estate agents and national textbooks, newspapers and advertisements, and the businesses that supported Redlining encouraged segregation by advising against selling homes to black families in white neighborhoods. Real estate agents followed these guidelines, contributing to the systematic exclusion of black families from many neighborhoods. Legacy of Redlining - The consequences of redlining are still visible today in various forms of inequality. The video highlights how redlining has led to racial wealth gaps, disparities in property values, neighborhood conditions and the homeownership gap. Due to redlining, black families were able to buy homes in better neighborhoods leading to lower property values and less wealth accumulation over generations compared to white families. Linkages : The practice of racial discrimination that was common before the 1930’s laid the groundwork for the formalization of redlining, during the New Deal era, integrating racial biases

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