Washington Post on the Lasting Effects of the Mortgage Crisis on the Black Middle Class

Good reporting on a devastating topic:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-black-americans-financial-damage-from-subprime-implosion-is-likely-to-last/2012/07/08/gJQAwNmzWW_story.html

The implosion of the subprime lending market has left a scar on the finances of black Americans — one that not only has wiped out a generation of economic progress but could leave them at a financial disadvantage for decades.

The Whitleys, Illinois homeowners, now face rebuilding credit damaged by the mortgage meltdown.”

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