{"id":1837179,"date":"2023-02-06T14:20:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T19:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1837179"},"modified":"2023-02-06T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T19:21:16","slug":"white-home-appraiser-countersues-professors-who-accused-him-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-home-appraiser-countersues-professors-who-accused-him-of-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"White Home Appraiser Countersues Professors Who Accused Him of Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-home-appraiser-countersues-professors-who-accused-him-of-racism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1837179&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MottConnolly.ABCNews.YouTube72-370x242-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MottConnolly.ABCNews.YouTube72-370x242-1.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MottConnolly.ABCNews.YouTube72-560x367-1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MottConnolly.ABCNews.YouTube72-135x88.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MottConnolly.ABCNews.YouTube72.jpg 580w\"   style=\"display:none\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Professors should know their faculties. \u2018experiment\u2019 Was faulty<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two black Johns Hopkins University professors accused a white home appraiser of racism. He counter-protested the accusations with a countersuit.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Lanham\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-orep-cdn.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/30180000\/CounterClaim2020Valuations_Maryland_69.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recent Counterclaim<\/a> Answered to a <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-orep-cdn.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/30175948\/2020_Valuations_Maryland_complaint_70.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal lawsuit<\/a> Nathan Connolly (JHU professor) and Shani Motti (JHU student) said that Nathan valued their home differently as they were black. They set up an experiment to remove any identifiers that might suggest that they were black to increase their home&#8217;s value from approximately $470,000 to $750,000. They also asked a friend of white to be the homeowner.<\/p>\n<p>Mott teaches Africana studies and Connolly\u2019s research focuses on racism, capitalism and housing, according to his faculty bio. The <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/08\/18\/realestate\/housing-discrimination-maryland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> Connolly \u201cexpert on redlining and the legacy of white supremacy in American cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lanham counterclaimed that the claims of the two would not be considered scholarship if treated as such. The racism claims were covered nationally by the following: <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/couples-lawsuit-alleges-appraisal-firm-undervalued-home-based\/story?id=88700992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>. The resulting allegations have harmed Lanham\u2019s business and reputation, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Connolly and Dr. Mott\u2019s ill-conceived \u2018experiment\u2019 involving different appraisers, a seven-month gap, and intervening changes in market conditions would not withstand even basic scrutiny in the serious academic environment in which they work,\u201d Lanham\u2019s counterclaim stated.<\/p>\n<p>The suit noted that the professors were not liable. \u201cfailed to disclose the sale of the similar house next door to their home that sold only a month after Mr. Lanham and 20\/20 Valuations\u2019 appraisal for $7,000 less than the amount of the appraisal.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Both professors ought to have known each other&#8217;s names. \u201cexperiment,\u201d According to the lawsuit \u201cwas serious flawed in so many respects that a first-year undergraduate would immediately recognize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legal filing stated that Lanham had not been provided with the second appraisal. \u201csupposedly supports their contention that their house was undervalued during.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But even if the second appraiser valued the Mott and Connolly home at $750,000 for a refinance, a nearby and similar house showed that Lanham\u2019s valuation was reasonable, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>A similar house was sold nearby for $510,000.<\/p>\n<p>They were accused of creating a lawsuit. \u201ca self-serving media campaign\u201d And \u201cfalsely accused Mr. Lanham and 20\/20 Valuations of undervaluing their home based on their race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The public statements \u201cexposed Mr. Lanham and 20\/20 Valuations to public scorn, hatred, contempt, or ridicule, thereby discouraging others in the community from having a good opinion of [him and his company].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lanham\u2019s suit requested $250,000 in damages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/even-the-bread-was-white-professor-argues-fast-food-industry-is-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor says fast food industry is racist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: ABC News\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>\n                <button class=\"show-complete-article\"><br \/>\n Read More                <\/button>\n            <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCollegeFix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Like <em>The College Fix<\/em> On Facebook<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollegeFix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professors should know their faculties. \u2018experiment\u2019 Was faulty Two black Johns Hopkins University professors accused a white home appraiser of racism. He counter-protested the accusations with a countersuit. Shane Lanham\u2019s Recent Counterclaim Answered to a federal lawsuit Nathan Connolly (JHU professor) and Shani Motti (JHU student) said that Nathan valued their home differently as they &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1837182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4029,17821,17822,8169,5243,3765],"class_list":["post-1837179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-accused","tag-appraiser","tag-countersues","tag-professors","tag-racism","tag-white"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1837182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}