The Justice Department’s Combating Redlining Initiative announced the recovery of over $107 million in relief for communities of color nationwide.
Racial covenants
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Mpls realtors renounce years of housing discrimination
‘Our apology and efforts to engage in policy change are overdue and are important steps for us because of the deep and lasting impact our actions have had on people of color in Minnesota, especially Black Minnesotans.’
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Government-sanctioned discrimination explains housing gap
According to the ‘Mapping Prejudice’ website, 78% of White families own homes in Minneapolis, compared to 25% of Black families.
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Reparations are essential to eliminate the wealth gap between black and white Americans
This racial wealth gap is a result not only of the horrors of slavery but also policies – such as Jim Crow laws, redlining and modern-day mass incarceration – that followed.
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Film links Minneapolis’ Jim Crow past to present-day disparities
A new TPT documentary, ‘Jim Crow of the North,’ is set to further the discussion of Minneapolis’ color-coded housing bigotry.
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How racist was your neighborhood?
“So covenants, when combined with redlining, create this really, really nasty one-two punch. Covenants are ensuring that for large sections of the city, it’s illegal for you to live there if you’re Black. Redlining is ensuring that in other large sections of the city, it is impossible for you to get a mortgage if you want to purchase a home there.”