Redlining

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Redlining has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Daily Show (Feb 2026). Redlining is cited as a manipulated-market practice that restricted Black households' access to credit and appreciating neighborhoods, reinforcing long-term inequality.

Redlining is a discriminatory practice in which financial services are withheld from neighborhoods that have significant numbers of racial and ethnic minorities. Redlining has been most prominent in the United States, and has mostly been directed against African Americans, as well as Mexican Americans in the Southwestern United States. The most common examples involve denial of credit and insurance, denial of healthcare, and the development of food deserts in minority neighborhoods.