Are chain stores avoiding black neighborhoods? | theGrio
▻http://thegrio.com/2013/03/19/are-chain-stores-avoiding-black-neighborhoods
in many neighborhoods, fast-food restaurants are plentiful; but healthy, affordable food is not.
In a recent study, a team of researchers found that many African-Americans face even more challenging circumstances in their neighborhoods. In New York City, they found that many necessary retail resources were either non-existent, scarce or required traveling some distance. Those resources include national and local chain stores that provide products and services for healing, hygiene, work and play.
Redlining, the discriminatory practice of refusing to lend money or extend credit to a potential homebuyer because of their race or income was outlawed nearly fifty years ago by the Fair Housing Act.
Retail redlining, on the other hand, is when retailers, especially chain stores, choose not to serve certain areas based on their ethnic-minority composition rather than on whether they will make a profit.
#racisme #nutrition #santé #commerces #urbanisme #inégalités #cartographie (j’imagine, mais l’#étude_récente ne m’est pas accessible)
