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General Category => Politics => Topic started by: redcliffsw on July 22, 2011, 04:57:55 AM

Title: Is It Racist If Everyone Doesn't Own a House?...
Post by: redcliffsw on July 22, 2011, 04:57:55 AM

The media chimed in with expressions of outrage when data showed that black applicants for mortgage loans were turned down more often than white applicants.
-Thomas Dowell

http://lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell51.1.html

Title: Re: Is It Racist If Everyone Doesn't Own a House?...
Post by: Diane Amberg on July 22, 2011, 09:05:31 AM
That's a very odd question Red. If the playing field is equal, of course it's not racist. The media stir thing up to get people's attention, like always.
Title: Re: Is It Racist If Everyone Doesn't Own a House?...
Post by: farmgal67357 on July 22, 2011, 10:11:10 AM
People who have stable jobs and a down payment get mortgages. Your skin color has nothing to do with it.
Lisa