I cannot believe in the year 2010, we are still talking about discrimination; against a black buyer trying to purchase a home. The real estate fair housing laws were supposed to protect people of all races and ethnic groups, but for some this has not helped. Chicago comedian and radio personality George Willborn found out “his kind was not wanted” in a neighborhood in Chicago. Bridgeport is a south side community where the city’s current Mayor, Daley lived for many years, and it was the home of his late father, also a long term Mayor of Chicago.

Willborn was surprised to find his $1.7 million dollar offer on the house, was not enough to convince the owners to take the deal, although it was the highest offer they had received in two years! The agent is accused of taking the side of the seller, even taking the home off the market, after they originally accepted the offer. Telling the buyers No Thanks! What the agent did not consider is, IT ‘S AGAINST THE LAW TO DISCRIMINATE. The couple basically said, “we would prefer not to sell to a black couple”.

The agent, sellers and brokerage firm were quickly hit with a lawsuit, good thing we now have laws to protect us all. When will this ever end? Unfortunately, probably not in my lifetime.