redlining
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of redlining
redline + -ing 1, as if banks, insurance companies, etc., had outlined such areas in red on a map
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It brings to mind not just dressing and African-American fashions, but also the historically peripatetic nature of black communities due to the oppression of Jim Crow and redlining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Many were boxed out of neighborhoods east of Lake Avenue because of redlining and settled in West Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
In the 1960s and 70s, North Lake Avenue in Altadena served as the primary east-west dividing line for redlining practices, according to the Altadena Historical Society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
Insurance brokers who help affordable housing providers have been redoubling their efforts to overcome stereotypes, if not outright redlining discrimination, that historically tended to elevate rates in low-income neighborhoods.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
He leaned forward to hunch over his desk, and ignoring Scott, he went back to redlining another writer's story.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
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