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Redlining is a discriminatory practice in which financial services are withheld from neighborhoods that have significant numbers of racial and ethnic minorities. [2] Redlining has been most prominent in the United States, and has mostly been directed against African Americans, as well as Mexican Americans in the Southwestern United States. [3]
Philadelphia City Hall, with statue of William Penn at top of tower. Development in Philadelphia began along the Delaware, at Penn's Landing, at a spot that enjoys a close approach of the Schuylkill River two miles to the west. Near the Delaware River are the oldest neighborhoods and Independence Hall.
An obscure 47-year-old law designed to right the historic wrongs of redlining was the ‘original ESG framework,’ execs say. Just look at how Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy have changed Dylan Sloan
The Greenlining Institute was established by African American, Asian American, and Latino American community leaders in 1993 [2] to fight injustice, increase the participation of people of color in policymaking, and encourage successful investment by corporate America into these communities.
We know all too well the systemic roadblocks people of color, and particularly Black Americans, face in realizing the dream of homeownership. | Op-ed by T’wina Nobles and Maureen Fife
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[10] [18] AT&T has faced specific scrutiny for this form of digital redlining, it has been reported that AT&T has been classist in its offerings of broadband internet service in areas that are more impoverished. [19] Geographically based digital redlining can also apply to digital content or the distribution of goods sold online.
And after a 2007 decision to raise the age that young people can be tried as adults, from 16 to 18, the state has also reduced the number of teenagers heading to adult prisons. Child advocates say that, while imperfect, the collective effort of judges, educators, attorneys and state lawmakers has helped the state rethink its relationship to ...