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appalachiablue

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1. Excellent post, terrible and true. Women, blacks, hispanics, the poor & others were targeted by

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2015, 08:37 PM

Apr 2015

the F-I-R-E industry for subprime mortgages that were sometimes promoted in communities through 'wealth seminars'. Yet after the 2008 Crash some in the finance industry tried to claim they were only trying to correct the discriminatory policy of redlining in housing for minorities especially by the evil government. This has further damaged the long historical mistreatment of blacks in particular. The evidence is clear that this country has been on a destructive path for American workers for over 30 years and still counting.

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Inequality in Black and White (the economic aspects of racism) [View all] YoungDemCA Apr 2015 OP

Excellent post, terrible and true. Women, blacks, hispanics, the poor & others were targeted by appalachiablue Apr 2015 #1

Interesting read. K&R Number23 Apr 2015 #2

kick Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 #3

Yup BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #4

Tks and kicking bettyellen Apr 2015 #5

Interesting stuff, but I wish for more depth. Adrahil Apr 2015 #6

#whataboutthewhitepeople Interesting response! bettyellen Apr 2015 #7

I'm not really interested in the impact of white people.... Adrahil Apr 2015 #8