A nice interactive map displaying data from HOLC "security maps" of the 1930s.
https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining
It should not be surprising, but it is illuminating to read such blatant discrimination on seemingly mundane government reports.
"DETRIMENTAL INFLUENCES: Infiltration of colored residents. There are now about twelve families scattered over the area indicated"
"Infiltration of undesirables/dark Portuguese/Oriental store-keepers/Orientals: serious threat/subversive races exist"
https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining
It should not be surprising, but it is illuminating to read such blatant discrimination on seemingly mundane government reports.
"DETRIMENTAL INFLUENCES: Infiltration of colored residents. There are now about twelve families scattered over the area indicated"
"Infiltration of undesirables/dark Portuguese/Oriental store-keepers/Orientals: serious threat/subversive races exist"
jip
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