Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlining map of Philadelphia
is an American concept, which refers to the discriminatory practice of denying services, either directly, or through selectively raising prices to residents of certain areas based on racial or ethnic composition of those areas. In other words, making it extremely difficult for residents of poor neighbourhoods to borrow money or gain access to other financial services.
Historically, examples include refusing or limiting loans, mortgages and insurances within specified geographical areas, or in the case of retail, locating supermarkets impractically far from residents of the redlined area. Redlining comes from the red lines that were drawn on physical maps to designate targeted areas.
- Digital redlining
- Digital redlining refers to technology policies, practices, pedagogies and investment decisions that reinforce class and race boundaries (Gilliard 2016)[1].
Optional podcast
For more information, you can listen to the podcast: Digital redlining and privacy, with Chris Gilliard published by Teachning in HigherEd. Chris Gilliard is a Professor of English at Macomb Community College. His scholarship concentrates on privacy, institutional technology policy, digital redlining, and the re-inventions of discriminatory practices through data mining and algorithmic decision-making, especially as these apply to college students.
Annotation - Examples of digital redlining
Racial and gender bias in Google search
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Redlining in higher education
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References
- ↑ Gilliard, C. (2016). Digital redlining and privacy with Chris Gilliard, Teaching in HigherEd Podcast
