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Related: About this forumTrump sued twice by Justice Dept for not renting to black people. And other examples of Trump racism
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist-examples_us_56d47177e4b03260bf777e83The Justice Department sued his company twice for not renting to black people
When Trump was serving as the president of his familys real estate company, the Trump Management Corporation, in 1973, the Justice Department sued the company for alleged racial discrimination against black people looking to rent apartments in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
The lawsuit charged that the company quoted different rental terms and conditions to black rental candidates than it did with white candidates, and that the company lied to black applicants about apartments not being available. Trump called those accusations absolutely ridiculous and sued the Justice Department for $100 million in damages for defamation.
Without admitting wrongdoing, the Trump Management Corporation settled the original lawsuit two years later and promised not to discriminate against black people, Puerto Ricans or other minorities. Trump also agreed to send weekly vacancy lists for his 15,000 apartments to the New York Urban League, a civil rights group, and to allow the NYUL to present qualified applicants for vacancies in certain Trump properties.
Just three years after that, the Justice Department sued the Trump Management Corporation again for allegedly discriminating against black applicants by telling them apartments werent available.
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Trump sued twice by Justice Dept for not renting to black people. And other examples of Trump racism (Original Post)
Maraya1969
Jul 2016
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mucifer
(23,542 posts)1. They really need to focus on that . It's so ugly
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)2. This needs to be repeated and given some airtime
Doodley
(9,089 posts)3. Why is the media so soft on Trump? Just one of these many dozens of scandals would run
and run with any other candidate.
treestar
(82,383 posts)4. Whoah
An old fashioned racist. It was the 70s, but that shows how far he'd go at one time.