The American Civil Liberties Union says the law will quote, codify and expand housing discrimination against people of Asian descent. Anybody who already owns property is going to basically be forced to register with the government. There are penalties both for people who try to buy property and penalties for people who sell property. The concern I've heard from a lot of activists who live there from Chinese community in Florida is that if you have a name that sounds Chinese, if you look like you're Chinese, any seller is going to be more reluctant to sell you a home.
A new Florida law will restrict where Chinese citizens can buy homes, and other states may follow suit. The legislation is eerily similar to racist land laws from over 100 years ago. Vox reporter Li Zhou and Hofstra law professor Julian Ku explain.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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