https://archive.ph/ib8pf
The drama played out on Twitter.
The situation spilled out into the open a few hours later, when Dr. Baxter, 30, a molecular biologist and science communicator who runs the website Dr. Raven the Science Maven, shared what happened in a post on X. Her public airing to 163,000 followers and others has drawn attention to bias that continues to plague the housing industry...
https://x.com/ravenscimaven/status/1791680744055595443
https://subium.com/profile/ravenscimaven.bsky.social/post/3ktsnuxtvgd2f
crazy how the traditions america spent 300 years cultivating keep popping up in weird and troubling ways. a black friend's parents bought their house in the 80s and the property had a racially restrictive covenant on the property (not enforced, but the phrasing was there)
Give that old cracker the stick, take her for everything she's worth
Of course the only reason this can even be a story is the landlord was stupid enough to explicitly out their own racism. In 99.9% of cases they'll just refuse for any excuse and have it only be IMPLIED racism and thus get away with it.
I'm starting to wonder if the distribution of needs like houses shouldn't be down to random ass rich fucks
