Black woman sues German landlord over skin color eviction

Natasha Kelly, a 34-year-old doctoral student, says she was evicted from an apartment in Osnabrueck, Germany, because the neighbors objected to her being black and single parent. She has a 12 year old daughter, was given an eviction notice in December and is suing her landlord for discrimination and €10,000 ($15,800) in damages.

Boy did her landlord put a foot in his mouth and was quoted in the Tageszeitung newspaper: "Some of the other tenants are unhappy about the colour of your skin and your personal situation as a single mother. Some of the elderly ones have been here for 40 years and I cannot ask them to leave."

Kelly, a British woman who grew up Germany told tthe same newspaper: "I have been turned away before when I tried to rent an apartment because I am black, but I have never been thrown out because of it afterwards. If it were just me, I would have stayed and seen this out to the bitter end, but I do not want my child to grow up in a racist environment." READ MORE...

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The Local