--- title: "7 Discrimination Housing Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Discrimination Housing quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Discrimination Housing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/martin-luther-king-jr-127_aids_we-must-dispel-the-negative-and-harmful_438304.jpg" --- > [We must dispel the negative and harmful atmosphere that has been created by avaricious and unprincipled realtors who engage in "blockbusting." If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-dispel-the-negative-and-harmful-atmosphere-that-has-been/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/martin-luther-king-jr-127_aids_we-must-dispel-the-negative-and-harmful_438304.jpg) > [Once you're labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination - employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/once-you-re-labeled-a-felon-the-old-forms-of-discrimination/) [Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/michelle-alexander-750_alabama_once-you-re-labeled-a-felon-the-old-form_1375570.png) > [Race and class reinforce one another in housing. Our America Divided story, "A House Divided," shows that racist discrimination in housing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solly-granatstein/race-and-class-reinforce-one-another-in-housing-our-america-divided/) [Solly Granatstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solly-granatstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/solly-granatstein-51585_discrimination_race-and-class-reinforce-one-another-in_1709098.jpg) > [Housing in New York City has become too expensive for many average wage earners, let alone people with marginal incomes, who find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/solly-granatstein/housing-in-new-york-city-has-become-too-expensive-for-many-average/) [Solly Granatstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/solly-granatstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/solly-granatstein-51585_crisis_housing-in-new-york-city-has-become-too_2622494.jpg) > [The persistence of housing discrimination and housing segregation makes it difficult at times to integrate schools. So what flows from that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-goldstein/the-persistence-of-housing-discrimination-and-housing-segregation/) [Dana Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-goldstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/feb/dana-goldstein-18041_cynicism_the-persistence-of-housing-discriminatio_2653845.jpg) > [What's scary is that Donald Trump has his own sordid history when it comes to discrimination - in housing, in particular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jumaane-williams/what-s-scary-is-that-donald-trump-has-his-own-sordid-history-when-it/) [Jumaane Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jumaane-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/jumaane-williams-62145_discrimination_what-s-scary-is-that-donald-trump-has-hi_2743419.jpg) > [Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sargent-shriver/racism-cannot-be-cured-solely-by-attacking-some-of-the-results-it/) [Sargent Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sargent-shriver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/sargent-shriver-13145_attacking_racism-cannot-be-cured-solely-by-attacki_2963469.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discrimination-housing/#itemlist", "name": "Discrimination Housing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We must dispel the negative and harmful atmosphere that has been created by avaricious and unprincipled realtors who engage in \"blockbusting.\" If we had in America really serious efforts to break down discrimination in housing, and at the same time a concerted program of government aid to improve housing for Negroes, I think that many white people would be surprised at how many Negroes would choose to live among themselves, exactly as Poles and Jews and other ethnic groups do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-dispel-the-negative-and-harmful-atmosphere-that-has-been/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/martin-luther-king-jr-127_aids_we-must-dispel-the-negative-and-harmful_438304.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/martin-luther-king-jr-127_aids_we-must-dispel-the-negative-and-harmful_438304.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/martin-luther-king-jr-127_aids_we-must-dispel-the-negative-and-harmful_438304.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We must dispel the negative and harmful atmosphere that has been created by avaricious and unprincipled…” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Once you're labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination - employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity, denial of food stamps and other public benefits, and exclusion from jury service - are suddenly legal. As a criminal, you have scarcely more rights, and largely less respect, than a black man living in Alabama at the height of Jim Crow. 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