Predatory Lending Hurt Blacks in Foreclosure Crisis

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Surprise, surprise.

Although the rise in subprime lending and the ensuing wave of foreclosures was partly a result of market forces that have been well-documented, the foreclosure crisis was also a highly racialized

Predatory lending resulted in the foreclosure crisis intensifying among Blacks. Read the details and weep. Somethings don't seem to change.

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