The housing crisis, as seen by blacks and whites

Algernon Austin, Daily Voice

Whites and blacks have very different readings of what happened to produce the housing crisis. Whites tend to be more sympathetic to the tough-love approach espoused by Senator John McCain while blacks tend to think of the history of racial discrimination in housing.

How the country responds or does not respond to the housing crisis could add to the long list of racial grievances. As Senator Barack Obama so effectively argued, race can play a big part in our perception of the world. My sense is that, to a degree, whites and blacks have very different readings of what happened to produce the housing crisis.

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