"Blacks Are Like Lemmings In General Elections".And there you have it. One statement, by a former member of Active Rain letting us know quite succinctly that racism is alive and well in the real estate blogosphere.

Last week a furor erupted over at Active Rain. As you may know. AR is a real estate blog community which serves as a watercooler of sorts for the real estate industry.

In a heated post about the coming Presidential campaign Bill Burress, wrote the following:

"If Hillary gets the Democrat nomination, expect Blacks to vote for her. Blacks are like lemmings in general elections. The vast majority of Blacks vote Democrat."

Subsequent to this obvious racial slur being published, AR management acted swiftly, and in my opinion correctly, and terminated Mr. Buress' privileges on AR.

Jonathan Washburn and the other executives of AR ...read the rest here:

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