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Re:The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now liv... by Gibbon1 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @04:48AM (#24526116)
This is a good resource based on and linking to historical documents.

https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=14/34.021/-...

Note the description under population.

"Shifting or Infiltration: Negroes and Japanese increasingly numerous"

If a neighborhood had a couple of Black, Asian, or Mexican families banks weren't allowed to issue mortgages or other types of real estate loans. The US built a lot of suburbs post WWII those were restricted to white families only. Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics weren't allowed to buy and also were banned from receiving FHA Loans.

The current battle in the US politically is over whether to return to this state of affairs.

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