@amandaseales debates the effects of redlining on #surrounded #debate #history fact-checking by @straightarrownews | Jubilee

Redlining began in the 1930s when federal housing maps labeled Black neighborhoods as “high risk,” blocking families from home loans, wealth-building, and equal opportunity. Though outlawed in 1968, the legacy of redlining still shapes Black communities today through mortgage discrimination, lower home valuations, underfunded schools, and environmental injustice. This post exposes how the system never truly ended — it simply evolved. | Stanley Blackburn