Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FPP Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Vermont: Free Home Downpayments, But Not for Whites Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 09:34:26 -0400 Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn. Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: fredp1571@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 15:34:27 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="def5f5aa8775bccfb70591c7123d1c80"; logging-data="20476"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Hhhmd3hxNRIkyD+mkO2PB" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:/Llq5ZiWfpjIuy+pXj/KIKzw518= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3855 On 5/19/24 4:52 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > It's called the Homeownership Down Payment Program and it provides a > $25,000 forgivable loan only to buyers who are black, indigenous or people > of color who are buying a permanently affordable home through the Champlain > Housing Trust or its partner agencies across the state. > > https://www.wcax.com/2024/04/15/program-help-bipoc-vermonters-become-homeowners-expanding/?outputType=amp > > ---------------------- > There are plenty of low income white people who could use a leg up to help > buy a home but they're shit out of luck in Vermont, where they'll be told > they have the wrong skin color to access that benefit. > > I wonder how they'll treat someone who is half-white and half-black? Maybe > it goes by looks. If you look black enough, like Obama, you get the loan. > If your white parent's genes came through, then no loan for you. > > Of course there's no way this is legal under federal civil rights law and > the 14th Amendment, but if you're a 'progressive' such things don't concern > you. > > If you find yourself wondering whether one of these race-based prog ideas > would be constitutional or not, just ask yourself if the races were > reversed-- a program for home loans that's only available for white > people-- and if your first reaction is, of course that wouldn't be legal, > then you have your answer. The legalities don't change when the races are > swapped. > > It's not even a close call, legally. The proponents of this kind of thing > also often openly admit it's discrimination, helpfully providing all the > evidence against them that you'd need in court. Sure it's racial > discrimination, they say, but you deserve it. That's what you get for being > white when there was slavery centuries ago that you had nothing to do with. > > But that doesn't hold up in court. Even moviePig's 14 1/2 Amendment doesn't > say, "Racial discrimination is not allowed unless they have it coming." > > What needs to happen is that the victims of discrimination in programs like > these-- the white people-- need to start suing. A few have, here and there > around the country, and when they do, they easily win. But the lawsuits > need to be more widespread and instantaneous whenever this racial nastiness > rears its ugly head. Shut it down immediately. > Poor Whyte people... they never catch a break. Sad! -- "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC Bible 25B.G. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0 Gracie, age 6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0