Yesterday I saw mention of the fact that the Fair Housing Act was signed into law by Lyndon Johnson in April, 1968, during the riots that followed King's assassination.
Five and a half years later in October 1973, under President Richard Nixon (!), Donald J. Trump was sued for violating that law because he wouldn't rent to Black people in the rental buildings he owned in New York City.
If you were to survey Americans of voting age, how many of them do you think are aware of that fact vs. how many of them are aware of the made up controversy about "Hillary Clinton's emails"?
Which one of those things was a relevant topic that should have had substantial coverage in the 2016 presidential campaign? (Among many other relevant aspects of Trump's business career, not to mention any criminal aspects of his personal life.)
I ask this because, follwing the post I saw about the Fair Housing Act — which mentioned Trump's 1973 violation — there were multiple comment from people who had never heard of his violation. But I would be willing to bet money that they all know about "her email" to some extent.
Our media fail us, and continue to fail us.
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