Woman Who Faced Racism When Buying a Home Speaks Out Against Bias

12/18/2024

Raven Baxter will be the face of a national campaign to prevent housing discrimination, supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Dr. Raven Baxter, who was astonished earlier this year when a white homeowner tried to deny her the right to buy a condo, will be the face of a new national campaign aimed at combating housing discrimination.

In May, Dr. Baxter, who is Black and is a molecular biologist and science communicator, shared her experience on social media where she already had hundreds of thousands of followers of her science content. Many followers urged her to file a claim of discrimination with the Virginia Fair Housing Office and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Debra Kamin December 18, 2024

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