White family forced to move for having black friends

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The more things change the more they stay the same. To think that if you’re white and you are being told that you cannot have black friends or else you will have to move is immoral and unconstitutional.

This is what happens to a white family who was forced to move from their Tallassee, Alabama home after a visit from their African American neighbors. The family’s landlord told the tenants that they had to leave if they intended to have African-American visitors.

A formal investigation conducted by HUD showed that last February, Melissa Jones and her fiancé entered into a lease agreement with owners Wilbur and Julie Williams to rent their property in Tallassee, Alabama. Last June, while Ms. Jones and her fiancé were talking with African-American neighbors in the front yard, the Williamses drove by and saw the couples talking. Later that same day, Ms. Williams called Ms. Jones and allegedly said, “If y’all want to have African Americans to visit, we’re going to ask you to move…We’re not having those people at our property. We own the property and…that’s never happened and We’re not going to start today with it happening.” Ms. Williams allegedly made similar discriminatory comments on at least two other occasions. Based on these statements, Ms. Jones and her family vacated the property.