Tag: Black Wealth Gap
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Redlining and the Black Wealth Gap: Separating Fact from Fiction
As a black taxpayer, I have always heard about redlining, the practice of making it harder for African Americans in black neighborhoods to obtain home loans, and how it contributed to the wealth gap between my family and my Caucasian high-school friends. A quick Google search for “redlining stole black wealth” confirms this narrative, with…