The Importance of Redlining

LZ Granderson: Justice Jackson and Sotomayor needed to explain that reverse racism isn't solved in America. He says the federal homeowners loan corporation, H.O.L.C., created color-coded maps of every metropolitan area with black people earning red designation. LZ: Between 1934 and 1968, 98% of FHA loans went to white Americans with whole cities which had a disproportionately large number of black people due to housing segregation. In 2023, African Americans own roughly the same percentage of the national wealth as they did in 1863,. LZ: No sensible discussion of college admissions can take place without acknowledging that.