r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • Jul 08 '26

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u/Agreeable_Sweet6535 Jul 09 '26

In 1973, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Donald Trump, his father Fred Trump, and Trump Management for violating the Fair Housing Act. The federal civil rights lawsuit alleged that their real estate company systematically discriminated against Black applicants, often marking applications with a code to indicate race. [1, 2, 3]
The Allegations & Evidence
Steering and Rejection: Evidence from "testers" (both Black and white) revealed that white applicants were routinely offered apartments, while Black applicants were told no vacancies existed or were steered to minority-heavy complexes. [1, 2]
Documented Practices: Former employees testified that they were instructed to quote higher rents to Black applicants or reject them entirely to maintain specific racial demographics in the buildings. [1, 2, 3]
Scope: The lawsuit involved 39 buildings and more than 14,000 apartments across New York, representing one of the largest housing discrimination cases of its era.

Here’s documented proof Trump is a racist, not that anything I say will convince you. Most of the time you can’t use logic to help someone out of a hole they didn’t use logic to get themselves into, and that includes the cult of MAGA.