On Sun, 16 May 2010 20:23:29 +0200, Giusi wrote:

> "blake murphy" > ha scritto nel messaggio>
>
>> red-lining (having to do with issuing home-purchase loans) may have been>
>> tacit, but many housing covenants were quite explicit: 'thou shalt not
>> sell thy home to a jew or a black.'
>
> I have a collection of antique magazines and the high end shelter magazines
> had home ads and hotel ads right into the 50s that said they were
> restricted. It's always blacks, usually Jews but sometimes also Catholics.
> They didn't have to say against whom. Everyone knew. It turns my stomach.

those were the days, huh?

your pal,
blake