The Progressive Magazine, November 3, 2021, Inside Biden’s Hardline Approach to End Redlining
Redlining is no longer limited to racist maps used to determine who receives a mortgage, as it was in the 1930s. Today, it also includes Internet service providers targeting ads to consumers using their racial profile and schools filtering content by restricting Internet search results, thereby limiting a student’s horizons.
“It’s frustrating and mind-boggling that we’re still dealing with this kind of discrimination fifty-three years after the Fair Housing Act was enacted,” Jesse Van Tol, CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, tells The Progressive. “Clearly the agencies responsible for enforcement of fair lending, fair housing, and consumer protection laws haven’t done enough, and the same can be said for lenders themselves.”
