redline

• Verbe signifiant tracer une ligne rouge sur du texte pour indiquer une suppression ou un rejet, ou refuser de desservir ou d'accorder des crédits à certains quartiers en raison de leur composition raciale ou économique (pratique discriminatoire historique).

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.

   Pratiquer le redlining (discrimination immobilière)

   • 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.