“I called the loan officer,” said Lonnie Feemster. “And he said, ‘We finally found their file. It was in the Hispanic pile.’” He was not surprised to learn that the lender was separating applications by race—only that he said it out loud.
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“I called the loan officer,” said Lonnie Feemster. “And he said, ‘We finally found their file. It was in the Hispanic pile.’” He was not surprised to learn that the lender was separating applications by race—only that he said it out loud.