Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This conversation connects America’s history of slavery and Jim Crow to the housing and real estate disparities that still exist today. Roland Martin argues that discrimination in housing was not accidental it was reinforced through policies, lending practices, and the real estate industry itself. To understand today’s gaps in wealth, homeownership, and opportunity, you have to understand how the system was built in the first place.
This conversation connects America’s history of slavery and Jim Crow to the housing and real estate disparities that still exist today. Roland Martin argues that discrimination in housing was not accidental it was reinforced through policies, lending practices, and the real estate industry itself. To understand today’s gaps in wealth, homeownership, and opportunity, you have to understand how the system was built in the first place.
