{"id":132270,"date":"2024-06-05T17:13:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/wendell-pierce-says-his-n-y-c-housing-application-was-rejected-due-to-racism\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T17:13:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:13:27","slug":"wendell-pierce-says-his-n-y-c-housing-application-was-rejected-due-to-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/wendell-pierce-says-his-n-y-c-housing-application-was-rejected-due-to-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendell Pierce Says His N.Y.C. Housing Application was Rejected Due to Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/2uUeOT-wLOQrx0F3RCA-lbTg14I=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/Wendell-Pierce-Meghan-Markle-022824-4-4a102b6306b24ee29962c5c8c5626031.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/wendell-pierce-on-tough-training-led-to-jack-ryan-and-tony-nomination-exclusive-7554449\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wendell Pierce<\/a> is claiming his housing utility for a Harlem, N.Y. residence was denied resulting from racism.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The <em>Elsbeth<\/em> actor, 60, took to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WendellPierce\/status\/1797805253787611141\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a> to clarify the incident on Monday, June 3.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cFor those of you who don\u2019t understand my righteous anger; I\u2019m on 2 TV series, ELSBETH and RAISING KANAN,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019m filming SUPERMAN. Two years ago,\u00a0 I finished the fourth season of JACK RYAN. Last year I finished a run on Broadway in DEATH OF A SALESMAN.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> He continued, \u201cEven with my proof of employment, bank statements and real estate holdings, a white apartment owner DENIED my application to rent the apartment\u2026..in Harlem, of all places. Racism and bigots are real. There are those who will do anything to destroy life\u2019s journey for Black folks. When you deny our personal experiences, you are as vile and despicable.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0-iframe\" class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-embed--iframe-legacy lazyload\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" title=\"Wendell Pierce X\" data-expand=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FWendellPierce%2Fstatus%2F1797805253787611141&amp;id=mntl-sc-block_11-0-iframe&amp;options=e30%3D&amp;docId=8658588\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Pierce mentioned that he determined to share his expertise on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WendellPierce\/status\/1797959502895210528\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a> after discovering out that an Atlanta-based funding agency\u2019s grant program for Black girls was blocked by a federal appeals courtroom.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Tony nominee shared a hyperlink to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/appeals-court-blocks-venture-firms-grant-program-for-black-women-476fc8f7?st=3o5kk47wz4ql5g3\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u2019<\/em>s protection on the problem and wrote, \u201cURGENT: While I appreciate the response to my own personal experience of discrimination in housing, I only mentioned it as an example of the insidious nature of bigotry. This court decision is profoundly more disturbing and injurious. CALL TO ACTION.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> In a unique put up on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WendellPierce\/status\/1797741470574637374\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>, he added, \u201c\u200b\u200bA private investment firm the Fearless Fund, has been blocked from investing in businesses owned by Black women. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, sided with a challenge to the grant program, arguing it violated a Reconstruction-era civil-rights law, known as Section 1981, that prohibits discrimination in contracts.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-portrait figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption type--mouse figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Wendell Pierce in March 2024.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Aliah Anderson\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The <em>Suits<\/em> alum opened up about experiencing the alleged discrimination throughout a June 4 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/actor-wendell-pierce-tells-the-daily-beast-why-he-shared-vile-racist-incident\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Daily Beast<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Never miss a narrative \u2014 join <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-news-inline\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free day by day publication<\/a> to remain up-to-date on the perfect of what PEOPLE has to supply, from juicy movie star information to forcing human curiosity tales.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cIt was a call to action for me. It infuriated me, but I realized that that meant nothing if I didn\u2019t try to shed light on it, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to do,\u201d he informed the outlet.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> PEOPLE reached out to a consultant for Pierce, however the actor declined to remark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Wendell Pierce is claiming his housing utility for a Harlem, N.Y. residence was denied resulting from racism.\u00a0 The Elsbeth actor, 60, took to X to clarify the incident on Monday, June 3.\u00a0 \u201cFor those of you who don\u2019t understand my righteous anger; I\u2019m on 2 TV series, ELSBETH and RAISING KANAN,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[5363,1063,5007,5362,5361,5365,5364,5360],"class_list":{"0":"post-132270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-application","9":"tag-due","10":"tag-housing","11":"tag-n-y-c","12":"tag-pierce","13":"tag-racism","14":"tag-rejected","15":"tag-wendell"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}