Closing the Black-White Wealth Gap

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Latoya Peterson | The Root
In a 2007 piece for the NAACP aptly titled “Financial Apartheid,” Nikitra S. Bailey of the Center for Responsible Lending painstakingly documented how the subprime mortgage crisis and the return of predatory lending practices affected communities of color.
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Mortgage Lending

Predatory Lending: The New Face of Economic Injustice

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Nikitra Bailey | American Bar Association
Only a few years ago, the scarcity of credit was a problem for women, low-income Americans, and borrowers in communities of color. Today, because of advances in technology and changes in the marketplace, many in these same populations are bombarded with offers from subprime mortgage lenders, check cashers, payday lenders, and other fringe bankers. Credit in the United States is...
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Mortgage Lending