A divorced black woman tries to rent an apartment in NY and the landlord refuses her. Oh, it's not because she's black or divorced or female, he says. It's because she's a lawyer and he "prefers to rent to passive people who are not attuned to their legal rights." Oh, ok. Well, at least you're not a racist.
This happened in 1977 and the landlord won because, while it was illegal to discriminate based on race, creed, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital status... there's nothing in the legislation protecting your profession.
In 1986, perhaps in light of more cases like this one, NYC passed a law prohibiting discrimination based on profession after lawyers (among others) complained that landlords refused to rent them apartments.
As if I didn't already have enough trouble finding housing...
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