The condo Raven Baxter agreed to spend $749,000 on sits two blocks from the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. Baxter was told the seller didn’t want her to buy the condo because she’s Black.
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Black woman’s bid to buy Virginia Beach home faces illegal barrier, echoes of the past, by Roger Chesley
People who overstate the racial progress America has witnessed over the past several decades need to be reminded, every so often, of the discrimination that still lurks in housing, education, employment and the like. An African-American woman’s quest to buy a pricey condo near the Virginia Beach Oceanfront – impeded by the white homeowner’s refusal because of her race – is just the latest example.
