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redlining

noun

Etymology

(systematic denial): From the red outlines used by the HOLC to mark D-rated neighborhoods with minority occupants.

Definitions

  1. The process of or an instance of redlining.

    • I won't soon forget Ben handing me the first of those printouts, literally covered with his notes, arrows, X's, redlinings...My heart sank.

  2. The systematic denial of various services to residents of specific, often racially…

    The systematic denial of various services to residents of specific, often racially associated, neighborhoods or communities, either directly or through the selective raising of prices.

  3. present participle and gerund of redline

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA