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Elsbeth Actor Wendell Pierce Says His N.Y.C. Housing Application was Rejected Due to Racism

“Even with my proof of employment, bank statements and real estate holdings, a white apartment owner DENIED my application to rent the apartment,” Pierce wrote on X

He continued, “Even with my proof of employment, bank statements and real estate holdings, a white apartment owner DENIED my application to rent the apartment…..in Harlem, of all places. The Tony nominee shared a link to The Wall Street Journal ’ s coverage on the issue and wrote, “URGENT: While I appreciate the response to my own personal experience of discrimination in housing, I only mentioned it as an example of the insidious nature of bigotry. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, sided with a challenge to the grant program, arguing it violated a Reconstruction-era civil-rights law, known as Section 1981, that prohibits discrimination in contracts.”

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