redline

• Verbo que significa trazar una línea roja a través de un texto para indicar supresión o rechazo, o negar servicios o créditos a ciertas áreas basándose en la composición racial o económica de la población (práctica discriminatoria histórica).

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.

   Redlining (discriminación inmobiliaria)

   • 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.