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One of the Long Island real estate agents who appeared prominently in our @Newsday team's investigation of racial steering, Long Island Divided, has won the right to keep her real estate license. 1/ 
The agent formerly with Keller Williams, Le-Ann Vicquery, won the decision on August 30, according to an announcement by her attorney. Vicquery is the agent in our video who warned the White tester, but not the Black tester, about gang activity in Brentwood. 2/
Although both testers had centered their search in Brentwood, Vicquery provided only the Black tester listings in Brentwood, while sending the white tester no listings in Brentwood, directing him to a whiter area far outside of Brentwood. 3/
Tweeting Live: @PARealtors #FairHousing @Newsday documentary @ChrisRaad An important conversation for all #realtors everywhere. #FairHousingMonth #FairHousingAct #fairhousingmatters @BCAR 💥💥💥
“Testing the gatekeepers of real estate.” @BillDedman Disparate treatment, steering, unequal treatment of #poc especially Black vs. White customers/clients, inappropriate comments...
An example of steering: an agent telling a client that it is a wonderful home and place while telling another client that it is a dangerous place. Knowing or unconscious biases? However, it is the Law so it doesn’t matter re motivation.
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for This section is called: Putting Homeownership in Reach and Guaranteeing Safe Housing for Every American. Only one party has a specific plan for rebuilding the great American #MiddleClass. 1/11
Democrats will enact a new Homeowner and Renter Bill of Rights to protect families from abusive lenders and landlords. 2/11 #DemPartyPlatform #affordablehousing #HousingRights
#Democrats will empower renters by working to establish a national tenant right to organize, and support outreach and education to help tenants advocate to preserve and expand affordable housing. 3/11 #DemPartyPlatform #affordablehousing #TenantRights
#FairHousing So when I think about reparations this is what I am thinking about. Investment in Black communities & families that matches the investments made in white communities to promote & enforce segregation. Think of segregation as a massive investment in white privilege.
These investments are less about individual checks and more about deep and extensive investments in policies & infrastructure that will advance Black economic, educational and physical well-being.
No need to worry about stigma. White people are not ashamed of the advantages they received from the tax breaks that made the creation of whites-only enclaves like Levittown possible. Or that their veteran grandfather could use the G.I. bill to go to flagship state universities
