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Re:Sorry, your wife is Indian, landlord won’t rent to you by speakfreely on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:31AM (#32496113)
People frequently cite historical racial inequities (race-based loan denials) as proof of racism in 2022 when those specific issues are no longer prevalent.
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Re:Sorry, your wife is Indian, landlord won’t rent to you by pixl97 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:05AM (#32496551)
No longer directly prevalent. The secondary effects caused the primary effects will still take many many generations to even get close to working itself out.

For example, Redlining just being turned into 'your address affects your credit score'.

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Re:Sorry, your wife is Indian, landlord won’t rent to you by choko on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:49PM (#32500186)
Your address does not impact your credit score.

https://www.equifax.com/personal/education/credit/score/how-...

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