Maya Lê - MaiStoryBook on Instagram: "More on this topic⬇️ Redlining is the legal practice of denying or rejecting home loans based on color-coded maps. These maps determined whether a neighborhood was a “safe” or “risky” investment for the bank. Neighborhoods where people of color lived were often labeled as high risk and were outlines in red. This practice reinforced racial and economic segregation by keeping people of color from accessing the same financial opportunities. This story gently unpacks redlining, racial segregation, and community resilience in a way kids can understand. But most importantly, it reminds children that while systems may fail us, community will always come together to uplift each other. *I actually learned a lot about redlining from this picture book, reinforcing my stance that picture books are truly for all ages. Featuring *Main Street: A Community Story About Redlining* by @britthawthorne and @tiffanymjewell, Illustrated by David Wilkerson. Thank you to @penguinkids @kokilabooks for sharing this one with me ‼️ Comment COMMUNITY for this book, and check your DMs for a link ‼️"

42K likes, 968 comments - maistorybooklibrary on February 25, 2026: "More on this topic⬇️ Redlining is the legal practice of denying or rejecting home loans based on color-coded maps. These maps determined whether a neighborhood was a “safe” or “risky” investment for the bank. Neighborhoods where people of color lived were often labeled as high risk and were outlines in red. This practice reinforced racial and economic segregation by keeping people of color from accessing the same financial opportunities. This story gently unpacks redlining, racial segregation, and community resilience in a way kids can understand. But most importantly, it reminds children that while systems may fail us, community will always come together to uplift each other. *I actually learned a lot about redlining from this picture book, reinforcing my stance that picture books are truly for all ages. Featuring *Main Street: A Community Story About Redlining* by @britthawthorne and @tiffanymjewell, Illustrated by David Wilkerson. Thank you to @penguinkids @kokilabooks for sharing this one with me ‼️ Comment COMMUNITY for this book, and check your DMs for a link ‼️".

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"San Jose is preparing to pull a slick move with its housing policy, and if you’re Black, brown or low‑income, you’re not supposed to notice until you’re already gone." #housing #redlining #RacialJustice https://sanjosespotlight.com/op-ed-inclusionary-for-who-the-quiet-re-redlining-of-san-joses-housing-policy/
Op-ed: Inclusionary for who? The quiet re-redlining of San Jose’s housing policy - San José Spotlight

San Jose is revising its inclusionary housing policy, branding the changes as “modernization” and “workforce housing.” But beneath the language, it’s the same old story: Open the doors wider to higher‑income, mostly white and affluent Asian households, and quietly close them on Black, Latino and low-income Asian families.

San José Spotlight
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Members, your holiday read is locked in! Our next book club selection is “The Color of Law A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” by Richard Rothstein.

Head to luma.com/d7kqwcrx to RSVP and for links to get the book.

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#BookClub #SanFrancisco #SF #SFBA #SFBayArea #SFpol #BlackHistory #Urbanism #UrbanDesign #Redlining #SegregationByDesign

One of the many harmful legacies of redlining is inequity in neighborhood tree coverage:

“Tree equity: Who gets trees in their neighborhood?

Why are some neighborhoods so much greener than others? ... It turns out that neighborhoods that were historically redlined in the ‘30s and ‘40s live today with only half the tree cover of their "greenlined" neighborhood counterparts.”

https://woeip.org/featured-work/planting-trees-in-west-oakland/#equity

#redlining #racism #treeEquity #Oakland #WestOakland

Planting Trees in West Oakland - West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project

WOEIP and our partners are planting trees in West Oakland to to help reduce air pollution and create a more walkable, resilient neighborhood.

West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project

Neighborhoods with trees are healthier, cooler, and safer. Black & Brown neighborhoods are more likely to lack tress. That is systemic racism. The harm of redlining isn't only historical, it continues to this day.

#redlining #racism #treeEquity

512 Pixels: xAI Gathering Turbines for Second Memphis Site, One Mile Outside of City. “In May, it was reported that xAI was looking to use gas turbines to power its second Memphis location, in part through a partnership named Stateline Power Solutions. Part of the deal was some property just south of the Tennessee/Mississippi state line, which was being used to store the gas turbines that xAI […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/22/512-pixels-xai-gathering-turbines-for-second-memphis-site-one-mile-outside-of-city/

512 Pixels: xAI Gathering Turbines for Second Memphis Site, One Mile Outside of City | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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New York Times: Elon Musk’s A.I. Company Faces Lawsuit Over Gas-Burning Turbines. This link goes to a gift article. “Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, which runs the Grok chatbot, is facing a legal challenge led by the NAACP over air pollution from its supercomputer facility in Memphis.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/20/new-york-times-elon-musks-a-i-company-faces-lawsuit-over-gas-burning-turbines/

New York Times: Elon Musk’s A.I. Company Faces Lawsuit Over Gas-Burning Turbines | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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“One of the things that’s really interesting in that regard is bus stops. In these kinds of areas, people tend to take more public transportation,” Lookingbill said. “We found that a lot of those bus stops are areas that are uncovered and don’t have a lot of tree cover or artificial bus stop cover.” https://virginiamercury.com/briefs/study-shows-historically-redlined-virginia-neighborhoods-are-hotter-in-the-summer/ #climate #transit #equity #redlining #canopy #PublicHealth
Oops, We Did #Redlining Again
A recent academic paper published last month found that the variables rewarded by #WalkScore disproportionally led to the #Chicago census tracts with the highest share of white residents being ranked the highest. However, the #realestate metric doesn't account for vehicle-pedestrian crash rates or how many residents walk rather than drive.
https://www.jalopnik.com/1828987/city-walk-able-score-real-estate-tool/
Oops, We Did Redlining Again

Variables rewarded by Walk Score disproportionally led to the Chicago census tracts with the highest share of white residents being ranked the highest.

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