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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

When Bank of America announced 0% downpayment loans for people living in red lined communities with an abnormally low home value, Reddit was flooded with posts saying "BoA is giving better loans to black people" completely ignoring that the loans had no race qualifications. All it takes is one poorly summarized post and the whole site starts screaming nonsense.