Redlining is the term for a discriminatory practice historically used by banks to deny mortgage loans in neighborhoods inhabited by people of color. In California, a community organization called Greenlining changed the term and is using it to advance its work opposing residential segregation. Greenlining just celebrated its 25th anniversary in Oakland, a city that is gradually recovering from the discriminatory policies of banks and realtors. Fernando Andrés Torres brings us the following report.
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