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Race Pitch for Real Estate Sale |
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Written by Vic Brown
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12/02/2005 |
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"Black race population percentage significantly below state average." Is the message that online travelers stumbled upon while navigating a real estate developer's (Bigg Homes) website. Based out of Utah, the Eagle Mounting development website included racial breakdown data used to encourage whites, while at the same time discourage blacks from moving in. Bigg Homes claims to have not requested for this information to be placed online, but that their web desigener is responsible for the initiative.
Snippet: The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal "To make, print, or publish . . . any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin."
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