Redlining: The historical practice of denying services such as mortgages or insurance to residents of predominantly minority neighborhoods.
How to apply it: Apply redlining to explain persistent spatial patterns of segregation and disinvestment in U.S. cities.
Course: AP Human Geography · Unit: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes
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