Racist clauses in property deeds can’t be enforced, but still exist. A Texas bill would make it easier to remove them.
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An untold number of Texas properties still have language in their deeds that put racial restrictions on who can occupy them, even though the U.S. Supreme Court declared such restrictions illegal decades ago. (Credit: Shelby Knowles for The Texas Tribune)
James McGee knows well the history of housing discrimination against Black people like him in Texas. He worked in the mortgage industry for 20 years and now advocates for the revitalization of southern Dallas, an area where the majority of residents are Black or Hispanic.
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