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					  Originally Posted by  MadMojoMonkey
					 
				 
				How about "The New Deal" 
 
It was a federal program which allowed the banks to continue their practice of labeling predominantly black neighborhoods as "high likelihood of default" and to summarily refuse loans for anyone living in those neighborhoods.  It disproportionately funneled money into white families, allowing them to buy homes in new suburbs and send their children to college.  The legacy of this is far from dead.  Many of those white kids are still working professional careers which they only have because their parents could get loans. 
			
		 
	 
 It's called negotiating.
					 
				 
				
			 
			 
		  
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