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KING 5 news: "Why housing discrimination is worse today than it was in the 1960s"

December 18, 2022

In an interview with Seattle's KING 5, Seattle University professor of political science and African American studies Dr. Angelique Davis helped explain reasons for the Black-white homeownership gap in Washington. According to KING 5, the percentage of Black people who own homes in Washington state is 31.1%, which is less than half of the percentage of white people who own homes in Washington. Watch the full news story here

Black and white aerial view of the city of Seattle.