Business Insider, June 14, 2022, Understanding redlining and how it kept communities of color from homeownership
“Almost invariably, neighborhoods that had any African American presence were graded as hazardous in their mapping system,” says Bruce Mitchell, senior research analyst at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
Mitchell co-authored a study from the NCRC on the health of formerly redlined areas. It found that people living in these areas have higher rates of asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension, and other conditions. They also have a lower life expectancy at birth and are more likely to have poor mental health.
“Racial residential segregation systemically shapes the distribution of resources, which in turn, reinforces unequal social, economic and environmental conditions that give rise to poor health,” the NCRC report states.
