Redlining Income and Housing Inequality Extra History

Thank you to Child Teen Checkups. If you live in Minnesota, learn more at If you dont, check here: Redlining has come up often in our discussions of systemic racism in the last year and a half but it s poorly understood by folks who never have had to face economic discrimination. Worse, some people believe that the effects of redlining were ended as soon as the practice was outlawed in 1968. But it isn t that simple. Redlining is an octopus with many tentacles and housing discrimination is just the beginning. We take a look at the history of redlining to understand how it impacts the present and how folks like George Morrison Daisy Myers fought against the system. Learn more about how we re fighting this today at Support the people who make this show, vote for future Extra History topics and get great perks at our Patreon