Redlining was the government sanctioned practice of devaluing property in Black neighborhoods, often to the benefit of white neighborhoods. Outlawed in the 60’s, a new study finds more fallout from redlining continues to impact historically Black communities to this day.
Samuel West is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Virginia State University. He specializes in statistical work and while identifying violence hot spots in Richmond over time he and Richmond native and study co-author Thomas Nixon stumbled across something.
“The pattern was so striking we couldn’t help but include it in this paper,” West said…