Re: Vermont: Free Home Downpayments, But Not for Whites

On Sun, 19 May 2024 16:04:52 -0700
anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> 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
 
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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’t even a real thing. How do you claim that status?
Shouldn’t anybody who wants it just be able to say they are?
 

You're talking about "Pretendians" like Senator Fauxcahontas. We've had
several such cases here too, though the individuals involved were not
as high-profile.

 

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.

 
 
 

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Rhino