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School districts within impoverished communities cannot provide the same resources that wealthier school districts give to their students. This creates an academic disadvantage for minorities. These consequences still exist today all throughout the United States within certain communities. Researchers Gorham, Julia A, and Kris Aric Knisely quote that: “ inequities in funding and resource allocation at the local level prevent students in disadvantaged districts from accessing high-quality instruction and educational materials (196).” They continue their point by explaining how the academic gap caused by redlining by explaining that less funded schools hire less qualified teachers. Teacher qualifications vary by state, whether the requirements are hands-on or through an online exam; they can be different. This causes certain schools to have less experienced teachers, which means students in poorer districts will receive a different education than wealthier communities. Scholar Joel Gallegos Greenwich shares facts that explain how African American boys are treated differently within their school systems. He quoted: “ Additionally, African American students are overly represented in special education programming and are more likely to be assigned individualized education plans, while White students are much more likely to be admitted into groups for the “gifted and talented,” thus contributing to the resegregation of schools (Ferguson, 2001; Hatt, 2007; Nieto, 2004). Certain minority students are being treated differently as a result of redlining. It is an issue that still exists today within many school districts. It created an unjust education system for students of color.

The term redlining has now been coined to define any form of discrimination against an individual depending on their economic status. Economic judgment can create redlining within a classroom. Teachers can contribute to this form of redlining. Morrison cites that  “ In schools as racial spaces, teachers use culture of segregation arguments and whiteness as property to draw invisible red lines around their Students of Color (Blaisdell, 2016b).” Redlining can be intensified when educators allow redlining to exist within their classrooms. Teachers can cause an uncomfortable environment to their students of color by teaching only white history and literature, causing a redlining within the classroom.