Other statements the agency cited were blunt but boilerplate. "You drive very fast through Markham," former Townstone president David Hochberg said on a 2014 broadcast, referring to a majority-black Chicago suburb that experiences more crime than 95 percent of American cities. "You don't look at anybody or lock on anybody's eyes." On a November 2017 broadcast, a Townstone employee likened the "rush" of skydiving to "walking through the South Side at 3 a.m."

The agency also chided the hosts for stating, in January 2014, that listeners should "take down the Confederate flag" before putting their homes on the market—guidance that reflects the official policy of the National Association of Realtors, which says displaying a Confederate flag may violate housing discrimination law.

"The Townstone Financial Show has regularly included statements that would discourage African-American prospective applicants from applying for mortgage loans," the lawsuit said. And its "home-selling advice has included recommendations regarding displays of the Confederate flag."

On a 2017 episode of Townstone's radio show, Sturner referred to a grocery store in the South Side of Chicago, Jewel-Osco, as "Jungle Jewel," adding that it was "a scary place" with patrons "from all over the world."

The agency cited the nickname as an example of language that "would discourage" minorities "from applying for credit." In fact, the jungle moniker has been widely used by black Chicagoans themselves, one of whom told Kleimann Communication Group that Sturner's comments were "reliable and helpful," according to the firm's report.

https://freebeacon.com/policy/a-small-business-complained-about-crime-in-chicago-then-the-feds-came-after-it/



Conversely,

I thought the Jungle Jewel was on Division, though.

So Hochberg only bothers white people?

So the confederate flag is a racist symbol, but telling people selling their house to not fly a racist symbol during the listing period is...discriminatory? And not even in the "how dare you not tolerate my intolerance" kind of way, but in an unironic "it's discriminatory to discourage displaying racist imagery to the people who would be discriminated against by the imagery" kind of way. What in the absolute fuck are we doing to ourselves?

So the confederate flag is a racist symbol, but telling people selling their house to not fly a racist symbol during the listing period is...discriminatory? And not even in the "how dare you not tolerate my intolerance" kind of way, but in an unironic "it's discriminatory to discourage displaying racist imagery to the people who would be discriminated against by the imagery" kind of way. What in the absolute fuck are we doing to ourselves?

So the confederate flag is a racist symbol, but telling people selling their house to not fly a racist symbol during the listing period is...discriminatory? And not even in the "how dare you not tolerate my intolerance" kind of way, but in an unironic "it's discriminatory to discourage displaying racist imagery to the people who would be discriminated against by the imagery" kind of way. What in the absolute fuck are we doing to ourselves?

So the confederate flag is a racist symbol, but telling people selling their house to not fly a racist symbol during the listing period is...discriminatory? And not even in the "how dare you not tolerate my intolerance" kind of way, but in an unironic "it's discriminatory to discourage displaying racist imagery to the people who would be discriminated against by the imagery" kind of way. What in the absolute fuck are we doing to ourselves?

Up here in Waushara county WI on one of my bike routes at least two stars and bars are displayed promentantly and a neighbor has a lawn jockey front and center.

"God, guns and Trump," "F*&K Biden" and other such flags, too numerous to count.