Bibliograph

Race for profit, how banks and the real estate industry undermined Black homeownership, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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Label

Race for profit, how banks and the real estate industry undermined Black homeownership, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-333) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Race for profit

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1096213739

Responsibility statement

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Series statement

Justice, power, and politics

Sub title

how banks and the real estate industry undermined Black homeownership

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."--Front flap of jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction: homeowner's business -- Unfair housing -- The business of the urban housing crisis -- Forced integration -- Let the buyer beware -- Unsophisticated buyers -- The urban crisis is over, long live the urban crisis! -- Conclusion: predatory inclusion

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