Housing Segregation: Long Island Divided
“The percentage of unequal treatment by real estate agents on Long Island.”
The conclusive results of the real estate agents investigation on long island project was published: Nov. 17, 2019 by Ann Choi, Keith Herbert, Olivia Winslow and project editor Arthur Browne This project was reported by Ann Choi, Bill Dedman, Keith Herbert and Olivia Winslow and edited by Arthur Browne. Data analysis by Choi. Strategic planning and methodology by Dedman.
One of the most interesting part of this article is the fact that Black house hunters were unaware they were being discriminated against. White real estate agents “directed them toward different neighborhoods than their white counterparts, gave them fewer house listings, put them under greater financial scrutiny and disparaged minority communities when speaking with whites” as though it was normal practices.
49% African-Americans, meaning practically 1 out of 2 Black people were treated unfairly by real estate agents. Please let that sink in.
There are people that still perpetuate racist practices that disadvantage people of color, particularly African-Americans.
This is why we need leaders, initiatives and education programs to defend the rights for Black people to succeed in this country/world.
When Black people talk about White privilege, this is a prime example of what they are referring to.
"In one of the most concentrated investigations of discrimination by real estate agents in the half century since enactment of America’s landmark fair housing law, Newsday found evidence of widespread separate and unequal treatment of minority potential homebuyers and minority communities on Long Island."
