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1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 29 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Janina Edwards. |
| Summary |
By the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban uprisings, politicians finally worked to end the practice of redlining. Reasoning that the turbulence could be calmed by turning Black city-dwellers into homeowners, they passed the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, and set about establishing policies to induce mortgage lenders and the real estate industry to treat Black homebuyers equally. The disaster that ensued revealed that racist exclusion had not been eradicated, but rather transmuted into a new phenomenon of predatory inclusion. Race for Profit uncovers how exploitative real estate practices continued well after housing discrimination was banned. The same racist structures and individuals remained intact after redlining's end, and close relationships between regulators and the industry created incentives to ignore improprieties. Meanwhile, new policies meant to encourage low-income homeownership created new methods to exploit Black homeowners. Narrating the story of a sea-change in housing policy and its dire impact on African Americans, Race for Profit reveals how the urban core was transformed into a new frontier of cynical extraction. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Discrimination in housing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Discrimination in mortgage loans -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Urban African Americans -- Housing -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Housing -- History -- 20th century.
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African American women -- Housing -- History -- 20th century.
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Real estate business -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Race relations -- Economic aspects.
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| Added Author |
Edwards, Janina. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781494546144 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1494546140 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12624015 |
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