Path: local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 20:06:06 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Vermont: Free Home Downpayments, But Not for Whites References: <593606096.737851247.644734.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <20240521153523.000066b7@example.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 13:15:39 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 63 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-TC1BTunnA6PPxOis/poMSau7GDmkAv9xElKiZ65B4D0pyVWfwK2hYVXPP4A13/0zomwoy+jnOC0Oqzf!zMSM8GztprdYo3a7BauRo4aSHCNaeYO4u0ya1f51la6PWmZ0+lYQLRugRv/hj30ma+NHrZaz7LQi!txE= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 4026 In article <20240521153523.000066b7@example.com>, Rhino wrote: > On Sun, 19 May 2024 23:30:49 +0000 > BTR1701 wrote: > > > anim8rfsk wrote: > > > 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-home > > >> owners-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. > > > > > > "Indigenous" isn’' even a real thing. How do you claim that status? > > > Shouldn't anybody who wants it just be able to say they are? > > > > Yep. I'm indigenous. I was born in Kentucky and I'm not from anywhere > > else. > > > > And while you might say, yes, but your forebears aren't from North > > America... well, that applies to the people who are considered > > "indigenous", too. No flavor of human being is actually indigenous to > > North America. We all originally came from somewhere else. > > > > But much like 'African-American', any white people who actually > > qualify under their politically correct jargon will be told "that's > > not what we mean". > > Like the white South African who emigrated to America, got his > citizenship, and filled in every HR form with the term > "African-American". (This apparently drove the HR people nuts but there > was nothing they could do about it.) > > I also heard about an Egyptian-American woman who was born and raised > in Egypt who ticked the "African-American" box but got chastised for > it. > > Personally, I'd love to check the "African-American" box given the > opportunity. If challenged I would point to my (distant) African > ancestors. I've considered doing that on occasion, too. We're all from Africa if you go back far enough. > After all, every person on Earth is descended from the first > humans who evolved in Africa. Although humans EVENTUALLY migrated to > other continents, they spent many millenia in Africa before even the > first migrations took place. That's gotta count for something!