WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MAY 19: Dr. Raven Baxter, seen here at a Hollywood, California event in 2022, shared her story of being blocked from buying a Virginia Beach condo because she is Black in a May 31 New York Times article. (Rich Polk/Getty Images for STARZ)
I had hoped Raven Baxter – the Black woman who was rebuffed by an elderly white home-seller from buying a Virginia Beach condo because of her race – would keep fighting until she got the keys to her castle. In this day and age, there should never be obstacles to buying a home based on race, religion, disability or national origin.
Baxter eventually decided to pass on the $749,000 property near the Atlantic Ocean last year and instead purchased a different home, The New York Times reported recently. That’s too bad…