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Why America Is Still Segregated In 2020 - Housing Discrimination, Redlining, FHA Loans & More artwork

Why America Is Still Segregated In 2020 - Housing Discrimination, Redlining, FHA Loans & More

The Global Black History Podcast
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Redlining, discriminatory lending practices, public housing, subprime mortgage crisis and state backed violence against black people. Learn all you ever wanted to know about ongoing segregation of black Americans in the United States. This is the global black history podcast one part episode to help you better contextualize the struggle for housing equity in the United States and the decades of legal segregation against African Americans. I make a few jokes too. SUBSCRIBE and follow for a new weekly podcast. Find me on twitter: www.twitter.com/blkhistorypod ALL music by the talented Pres Morris: Twitter: www.twitter.com/pres_morris radiofreeglobe.bandcamp.com Sources: Florida Couple Home Appraisal Story https://thehill.com/policy/finance/housing/513770-florida-couple-says-home-was-appraised-for-40-percent-higher-after Complete Civil Rights Act July 2 1964 https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/CivilRightsActOf1964.pdf Civil Rights Act & Desegregation https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/c.php?g=592919&p=4172700 Economic Policy Institute: School Segregation (2020) https://www.epi.org/publication/schools-are-still-segregated-and-black-children-are-paying-a-price/ Urban Dictionary: Section 8 Housing Definition https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=section%208%20housing Segregation in U.S. Cities (2020) https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/segregation-us-cities/ Wage Stagnation in the United States https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ Details on Harold Ickes https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-L-Ickes Reverse Redlining Source https://morningconsult.com/2020/07/23/black-consumers-payday-loan-banking-services/ Redlining Details https://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/supmanual/cch/fair_lend_fhact.pdf Books: Evicted by Matthew Desmond The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein How To Kill A City by P.E. Moscowitz

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