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

On Mon, 20 May 2024 00:16:47 -0000 (UTC)
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

BTR1701  <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

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’' 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". 

 
Can I be a "people of color"?

Yes, yes you can! Because white - and your actual skin colour which is
more likely a beige-pink like mine - are both colours.

--
Rhino