REDLINE Definition & Meaning

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redline

or red-line

[ verb red-lahyn; noun red-lahyn ]

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verb (used with object)

redlined, redlining.

to treat by redlining (an area or neighborhood).
to establish the recommended safe speed of (an airplane):
The bomber is redlined at 650 miles an hour.
to draw a canceling red line through (an item on a list).
to mark or designate for cancellation, rejection, dismissal, or the like:
club members redlined for unpaid dues.
to cause (an airplane) to be grounded.

verb (used without object)

redlined, redlining.

to engage in redlining.

noun

Automotive.
1. the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
2. a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.

redline

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verb

(esp of a bank or group of banks) to refuse a loan to (a person or country) because of the presumed risks involved
to restrict people's access to goods or services on the basis of the area in which they live

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of redline¹

First recorded in 1940–45; red ¹ + line ¹

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Even in the U.S., redlining and banking discrimination have historically been used to exclude marginalized communities from wealth-building opportunities.

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The historically Black area, where many settled due to redlining east of Lake Avenue, “has definitely felt undervalued and overlooked in many ways,” Carmody said.

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These areas west of Lake Avenue have large Black populations in part because of a history of segregation and redlining policies.

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“At one time it was the only place for African Americans to purchase homes. It was redlined.”

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Many were boxed out of neighborhoods east of Lake Avenue because of redlining and settled in West Altadena.

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