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title: "A landlord refuses to rent an apartment to an African American based on race, even though there are vacancies. What is this an example of?"  
description: "A landlord refuses to rent an apartment to an African American based on race, even though there are vacancies. What is this an example of?"  
author: "Rivera fuller"  
published: 2018-05-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42520/a-landlord-refuses-to-rent-an-apartment-to-an-african-american-based-on-race-even-though-there-are-vacancies-what-is-this-an-example-of  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# A landlord refuses to rent an apartment to an African American based on race, even though there are vacancies. What is this an example of?

A landlord refuses to rent an apartment to an [African American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51325/why-did-a-significatn-portion-of-the-african-american-populations-shift-as-a-result-of-world-war-2) based on [race](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41775/what-did-prominent-progressive-madison-grant-argue-in-his-book-the-passing-of-the-great-race), even though there are vacancies. What is this an example of?\
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