redline

• Verb, das bedeutet, einen Text mit roten Linien zu markieren, um Streichungen oder Ablehnungen anzuzeigen, oder bestimmten Wohngebieten aufgrund der rassischen oder wirtschaftlichen Zusammensetzung der Bevölkerung Dienstleistungen oder Kredite zu verweigern (historische diskriminierende Praxis).

A verb meaning to draw a red line through text to indicate deletion or rejection, or to refuse service or loans to certain neighborhoods based on racial or economic demographics (historical discriminatory practice).

1. Discriminate in housingC1formalamerican

   To refuse to offer mortgages, insurance, or other services to people in certain neighborhoods based on racial or ethnic composition, often illegally.

   Diskriminierung bei der Wohnungsvergabe

   • Banks were accused of redlining predominantly minority neighborhoods.
   • The practice of redlining was declared illegal in the 1970s.
   • Redlining has had long-lasting effects on urban communities.