Repercussions
- For people of color, banks are shutting the door to homeownershipYWCA Dayton reports that Dayton is still one of the most segregated cities in the United States. They also share that "Dayton is one of 61 metro areas where minorities are still denied mortgage loans at higher rates than their white counterparts."
- Deconstructing segregation: How highways contributed, and what can be done about it todayDayton Daily News, May 3, 2021
- Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It's still hurting minorities today."Racial discrimination in mortgage lending in the 1930s shaped the demographic and wealth patterns of American communities today, a new study shows, with 3 out of 4 neighborhoods “redlined” on government maps 80 years ago continuing to struggle economically.”-- Tracy Jan, Washington Post, March 28, 2018
- HOLC "Redlining" maps: the persistent structure of segregation and economic inequality2018 report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. Focus of the Washington Post article above.
- The Lines that Shape our Cities: Connecting Present-day Environmental Inequalities to Redlining Policies of the 1930sProject of the Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond
- Past Racist “Redlining” Practices Increased Climate Burden on Minority NeighborhoodsDaniel Cusick, Scientific American, January 21, 2020. Reprinted from Climatewire with permission from E&E News.
- The H.E.A.T Report: Connecting Health Inequities with RedliningReport by David Norris and Mikyung Baek, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, The Ohio State University. [H.E.A.T. = Health Equity Action Transformation]. Download the report by providing your name and email to We Are Wyandotte at the link.
- Redlined: The H.E.A.T. Report Comic Book2 volumes, created by Jen Appell and Matthew Fox. Download the report by providing your name and email to We Are Wyandotte at the link.
