Social Justice

Researchers expected ‘outrageously high’ discrimination against Black renters. What they found was worse than imagined – The Boston Globe

An undercover investigation released Wednesday found that Black people posing as prospective tenants in Greater Boston were shown fewer apartments than whites and offered fewer incentives to rent, and that real estate agents cut off contact when the renters gave Black-sounding names like Lakisha, Tyrone, or Kareem. The white “testers” in the study posing as […]