Author: Cydney Wilson

Cydney Wilson ‘23 is a double major in political science and women’s, gender and sexuality studies, which she designed herself. She also has a minor in Africana studies. She is a senior staff writer and editor for The Muhlenberg Weekly. She is from Irvington, New York, a small suburb outside of New York City. Irvington and Allentown are hugely different from one another, but she has learned so much from living in both places and is grateful for the community she has found both in NY and PA. She hopes that both places soon increase access to affordable housing, so that folks from all walks of life can experience their beauty and community.

Allentown’s Red Line

Allentown doesn’t have a redlining map, or at least not one that has survived to be examined today. Yet, even without an official red line on a map, investors seem to have drawn that line of their own when it comes to home sales in the city.

Redlining and the Allentown School District

By Cydney Wilson William Allen High School, once known as Allentown High School, has changed drastically over the past few decades. It has become increasingly diverse and less financially capable, leading to a lack of resources and low graduation rates. This can largely be attributed to the practice of redlining. According to the Fair Housing […]