Racism! Wrote:
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090313/ap_on_re_us/na
> acp_mortgage_discrimination
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> i hope al sharpton marches on the white house to
> demand that the president stop these RACIST and
> INSENSITIVE BANKS from exploiting my brothers and
> sisters... i don't think i even need to point out
> that all these bank owners are WHITE... i'm not
> some illegal mexican... i work hard and pay my
> taxes so why am i getting screwed...
The NAACP has a point. If it's true that the only difference was race when banks made decisions on who gets what loan and rate then those banks were wrong, IMO.
But at the same time I don't support this lawsuit. I think the racism on the part of the guilty banks should be well advertised to the public so they can decide whether or not they want to frequent these banks. The majority of open-minded people will boycott the guilty banks leaving them with only the most backward and bigoted customers, and they will eventually fail. That is justice enough without getting the courts involved.
BTW- I have noticed a disturbing trend of racist comments on this board. I guess people speak their mind more openly when they are anonymous