by #MatthewDelmont in #MotherJones:
"Of 67,000 mortgages insured by the VA in the New York and northern New Jersey suburbs that year, fewer than 100 went to nonwhites. Nationally, by 1950, white veterans had received nearly 98 percent of the VA-guaranteed loans."
#veterans #VeteransAffairs #racism #GIBenefits #GIBill #mortgages #NewYork #NewJersey
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