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Discussion Questions Chapter 5

Discussion Questions Chapter 5

Q 1. In the mid-twentieth century, how did the Federal Housing Administration, lenders, and white homeowners work together to encourage racial residential segregation?2. What are some of the many ways described in the text that lenders and realtors use to enforce racial residential segregation today?3. Explain the concept of environmental racism and identify who disproportionately benefits from such policies and practices.

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1.Racial residential segregation has been a great issue in the mid-twentieth century, and the federal housing administration, lenders, and white house owners had a great issue regarding racial residential segregation. The federal housing administration, lenders, and white homeowners collaborated in many different ways to encourage racial segregation. They provided a lot of leverage to the lenders and the house owners so that racial residential segregation could be maintained (Murray & Clapham, 2015). 2.Today lenders and realtors use many different ways to enforce racial residential segregation today.