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Were there any cities or communities in the US that explicitly rejected 'redlining' practices before the 1968 Fair Housing Act was enacted?

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Why are the Abrahamic religions so adamant about covering the head? Was there some basic, practical reason for it?

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Why did the "Polish/Polack = stupid" trope develop? Were Polish immigrants to the United States at the turn of the century significantly less educated than immigrants from other countries at the time?

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What's the first recorded account of someone noticing that Americans (or British colonists in the Americas) had accents that were distinctly different than any accent present in the British Isles?

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Were there any cities or communities in the US that explicitly rejected 'redlining' practices before the 1968 Fair Housing Act was enacted?	59
Why are the Abrahamic religions so adamant about covering the head? Was there some basic, practical reason for it?	53
Why did the "Polish/Polack = stupid" trope develop? Were Polish immigrants to the United States at the turn of the century significantly less educated than immigrants from other countries at the time?	38
What's the first recorded account of someone noticing that Americans (or British colonists in the Americas) had accents that were distinctly different than any accent present in the British Isles?	19