George Bush: From White House to 'Whites Only' House

Posted by Scanner Matt



In our downward spiraling economy there is one person losing a job for whom we feel no remorse.  George W. Bush will be packing his bags this holiday season and moving to a new location as white as the eye can see. No, it's not the North Pole.


Raw Story reports President George Bush will be moving to an exclusive community in Dallas, Texas post-presidency, where the likes of Ross Perot and billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, reside. Here's the creepy part:

 

Until 2000, the neighborhood association's covenant said only white people were allowed to live there, though an exception was made for servants.

Enacted in 1956, part of the original document reads: "Said property shall be used and occupied by white persons except those shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of different race or nationality in the employ of a tenant."
 

Home is where the heart(less) is.



Related:

Bush: "People Voted For Barack Obama Because of Me" No sh*t!

Is this guy the Barack Obama of the GOP? Um, no.

Source: Bush Lied 47,519,848,857 Times About Iraq

 

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Comments

Apollo said:

While I'm certainly not a fan of W and I abhor all forms of racism and bigotry I fail to see how this is news or even noteworthy. Are you* suggesting that he shouldn't live there? That the neighborhood should be shunned? They repealed the obviously antiquated policy 8 years ago.

*Directed at all of the people who've posted/mentioned this today. I'd really like to know why this is news.

December 8, 2008 4:26 PM

Lauren said:

Apollo, I think this is absolutely news because the more attention given to America's repugnant relationship with non-white citizens, the further we can move to an aware society where we think more deeply about our actions and interactions with discrimination. If I learned that the place I live had such a recent history with barring non whites, and if all eyes were watching my every move, I would make an important symbolic gesture and find a new neighborhood. Remember, this wasn't repealed until 2000, not the 1960s.

December 8, 2008 4:54 PM

profrobert said:

What's really interesting here is that racially restrictive covenants have been unenforceable since the Supreme Court's 1948 decision in Shelley v. Kraemer.  caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/.../getcase.pl  This housing group put a patently unenforceable provision in its deeds just to express its racism (as legally futile as it was).

Substantively, I don't blame Bush for this.  The covenants have been removed.  He can and should be blamed (blamed, hell, prosecuted) for many things; this isn't one of them.

December 8, 2008 8:03 PM

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