Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership
NPRBlack Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership This story is part of an NPR series, We Hold These Truths, on American democracy. toggle caption Nevil Jackson for NPR Amina Hassan, who has written a biography about Miller, says the win was monumental because "housing was the crux of it all." toggle caption Nevil Jackson for NPR What they did instead, Avila says, was say they were targeting so-called "blighted" communities. toggle caption Nevil Jackson for NPR "I didn't even consider homeownership just because I thought it was out of my grasp — not so much financially, but just the fact that maybe I was too old to own a home and I just didn't want all the responsibility that came with it," Norrington says. Enlarge this image toggle caption Nevil Jackson for NPR Nevil Jackson for NPR The cumulative effects of these legal policies and discriminatory practices mean Black Americans pay more to own a home — what some experts call a "Black tax" on homeownership.
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