"Long Island Divided" - racial discrimination in housing

​Newsday:  Undercover investigation reveals evidence of unequal treatment by real estate agents
We sent white, black, Hispanic and Asian testers undercover to see if they would be treated equally by LI real estate agents. Many were not.
Pictured left to rigjht:  Elaine Gross of ERASE Racism, and Newsday journalists Olivia Winslow and Keith Herbert.

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​Maggie breaks it down for the crowd, and reiterates the AG’s commitment to fight these discriminatory practices.

Dear friends and colleagues,

I attended a really interesting Town Hall in Melville last night, led by ERASE Racism.  Included was a panel with the Newsday journalists who recently wrote this important article on the persistence of blatant racial discrimination in housing, which I’m sure some of you have seen. 

Their project took about 3 years, and involved using “testers” and many other forms of investigation. It was incredibly thorough.  As a representative of the NYS AG’s office, my beloved, Maggie, attended as well, and got up to say a few words.

This piece might be another helpful tool in discussing racial justice in the context of your ministries.

Marie+
The Rev. Marie A. Tatro
Vicar for Community Justice Ministry
Episcopal Diocese of Long Island

Here’s the link to “Long Island Divided:”
https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/real-estate-agents-investigation/

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