People of color are charged an average of $700 more when buying a car.
In fact, it recently was announced that Toyota will be paying over $20 million dollars in restitution to people of color for charging them more in interest on loans.
Honda paid $24 million last year in restitution for the same thing.
GMAC paid $80 million in 2013.
References:
People of color charged more for buying a car -
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/ayres/Ayres%20Siegelman%20Race%20and%20Gender%20Discrimination%20In%20Bargaining%20%20for%20a%20New%20Car.pdf
Toyota -
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-settlement-20160202-story.html
Honda -
http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/14/news/companies/honda-lending-discrimination/
GMAC -
http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/20/news/companies/ally-car-loan-discrimination/
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