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Antoun Charges Fox Ridge
Neighbors
with Racial Discrimination
Process
drags on for 20 months
In
August, 1984, the Fox Ridge Neighborhood Association was stunned to receive notice from the
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission that it had been accused of racial
discrimination by Annette Antoun, a white absentee property owner.
Annette contended the
neighborhood organization discriminated "against black residents and/or any property owners that rent to
blacks
and/or other minorities because of their race."
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"
... I am being harassed and denied privileges of
ownership because of the race ... of my tenants ..."
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Annette A. Antoun,
PA Human Relations Commission Complaint
Docket No. H-3930, filed August, 1984 |
"...
it should be clear to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission that
the allegations ... not
only have no basis in fact, but have been filed with malicious intent
... We
can imagine no other reason than her (Antoun's) desire to incite
racial tensions where none exist ..."
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Fox Ridge Neighbors, Inc., Sept. 25, 1984
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Click
the thumbnail above for cover page of complaint. |
Antoun's allegations appear
below. To read the neighborhood's responses, click
on the hyperlink beside each allegation and a separate window will open.
To see the entire response, click here.
In March of 1986, 20 months after
the charges were filed, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission closed the
case after finding "no probable cause."
Editor's note: The name of one
individual who was charged and pled guilty to burglary in March, 1984 has been disguised in the complaint, response and collateral
material on this site. In the past 17 years it is our hope the individual has
learned from his
mistakes. The intent of this portion of the website is to establish
Antoun's pattern of harassment. Publication of the young man's name for a debt
to society long paid does nothing to achieve that end. Click
here to read Patriot-News stories about the burglaries.
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COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
PENNSYLVANIA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
COMPLAINT
COMPLAINANT(S):
ANNETTE A. ANTOUN
vs.
Docket No. H-3930
RESPONDENT(S):
FOX
RIDGE NEIGHBORS, INC.
LEON RUDY
TED HANSON
1.
The Complainant(s) herein (is) (are):
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Name:
Address: |
Annette A. Antoun
4910 Earl Drive, Harrisburg, Pa. 17112 |
2.
The Respondent(s) herein (is) (are):
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Name:
Address: |
Fox Ridge
Neighbors, Inc.
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Name:
Address: |
Leon
Rudy c/o Fox Ridge Neighbors, Inc.
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Name:
Address: |
Ted Hanson
c/o Fox Ridge Neighbors, Inc.
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The Complainant(s) allege(s) that on or
about or until about July, 1984 Fox Ridge Neighbors, Inc. the Respondent(s) have
discriminated against her in the terms and/or conditions of privileges in
connection with the ownership of commercial housing within the Fox Ridge area
because of the race, Black, of her tenants.
A.
I further allege:
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The area located in
Harrisburg, Pa. from Forster Street to Herr Street and Third Street to
Sixth Street is known as Fox Ridge and represented by a community group
known and incorporated as Fox Ridge Neighbors, Inc. (response) |
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I own approximately ten (10) properties within this area. (response) |
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The Respondent
corporation holds meetings, elections and makes recommendations to the
City of Harrisburg regarding planning, funding, development and
maintenance of Fox Ridge. (response) |
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Since 1981, I have
received one notice (dated May 30, 1984 and received on June 11, 1984)
for a meeting of the Respondent corporation on June 11, 1984. (response) |
| 5. |
In or about March, 1984, I was contacted by Leon Rudy (white male) of
the Respondent corporation. Mr. Rudy stated that the Fox Ridge
corporation and he wanted the T----s (Black) out. The T---- family
lives next door to Mr. Rudy. (response) |
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In or about May, 1984, the Respondent corporation reported several of
my properties, within Fox Ridge Neighbors, Inc. corporate boundaries to
the City of Harrisburg, Department of Community Development for blighted
conditions. (response) |
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The Respondent never called me to determine my intent for
rehabilitation. (response) |
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In July, 1984, three members of the Respondent
corporation verbally harassed my son, Jonathan, regarding my ownership
of property within the Fox Ridge area; they specifically stated: (response)
a. “Your
mother rents to undesirables.”
b. She is a slum
landlord.
c. Your family owns
too many properties in this neighborhood (Fox Ridge).
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| 9. |
On or about July 4,
1984, Lawrence McCarthy, a recent property owner in the area, was told
by a Respondent member that rented to Blacks. (response) |
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It is
further alleged that I am being harassed and denied privileges of
ownership because of the race, Black of my tenants, in that:
a.
I have been denied written or verbal notice of Respondent
corporation meetings and therefore denied voting rights. (response)
b.
I am the only white property owner within the Corporate
boundaries renting to Blacks. (response)
c. All other Black residents are elderly and have owned their properties
for many years. (response)
d.
Mr. Rudy stated: his “white wife has to put up with those
black boys’ leering at her”; the T---- family (Black) is a bad
influence in the neighborhood. (response)
e.
In 1981, Ted Hanson, Respondent member told N--- T---- (Black
male): “This is an historic area and you don’t belong here." (response)
f.
The Respondent singled out properties owned by me and/or my
children to report to the City for blight. (response)
g.
The Respondent did not report properties owned by Leon Rudy,
Jane Perkins (response)
and
h.
It is averred that the Respondent corporation discriminates
against Black residents and/or any property owners that rent to Blacks
and/or other minorities because of their race. (response)
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