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Jerry is a working-class black man with good credit. He needs to take out a loan to pay for some improvements to his house. Several banks denied his request for a loan because the neighborhood he lives in is considered risky for real-estate investments. Jerry is the victim of

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User Jamiela
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Jerry is a victim of Stigmatization

Step-by-step explanation:

if an individual is being stigmatized, it means we have given that person a label or tag and it's usually a label that is limiting in some way.

Stigmatization is when an individual, group or corporate body views an individual in a negative way because they have a distinguishing characteristic E.g the kind of neighborhood they live, the kind of friend they keep or personal trait that's thought to be a disadvantage.

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