Seeing Red: Associations between Historical Redlining and Present-Day Visual Impairment and Blindness.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Redlining was a discriminatory housing policy in the United States that began in 1933 and denoted neighborhoods with high proportions of Black individuals as "undesirable" and a high risk for lending, which therefore excluded people from obtaining traditional insured mortgages to purchase a home. Simultaneously, realtors discouraged Black individuals from purchasing homes in predominantly non-Black neighborhoods. This resulted in decreased home ownership and wealth accumulation among Black individuals and neighborhoods with high proportions of Black individuals. This study investigated rates of visual impairment and blindness (VIB) in neighborhoods that at one time were graded for redlining.

Design

Secondary data analysis of American Community Survey data and histori

SUBMITTER: Hicks PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069292 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature