A Black landlord in Texas says that for two years, postal workers refused to deliver mail to her properties because she rented rooms to white tenants. 

Lebene Konan owns two rental properties in Euless, Texas, and according to her complaint in USPS v. Konan, the mail carrier servicing her rental properties simply stopped doing his job. 

For nearly three months, the United States Postal Service stopped delivering mail altogether. She wasn’t getting her mail, and neither were her tenants. Her mail carrier took it upon himself to decide which pieces of mail were delivered and which weren’t. 

He also marked important documents addressed to both Konan and her tenants as “undeliverable” and returned them to sender. At one point, he changed the mailbox lock so that only one tenant could access it. (And yes, that tenant was white.) 

In the age of instant gratification via text message and email, the importance of mail seems to be dwindling. But when a mail carrier refuses to deliver mail, they’re potentially deciding who gets access to paychecks, credit card statements, court notices, government benefits, and—critically, given the maniac in the White House—ballot and election information. 

Konan says the reason for this deplorable behavior was explicit: The postal workers objected to a Black woman owning property and renting said property to white tenants. 

So she filed a lawsuit against the United States Postal Service seeking money damages. 

And the Supreme Court’s response was simple: tough luck. The USPS doesn’t have to pay you a dime. 

Racial discrimination is still illegal … officially

If that seems grossly unfair to you, that’s because it is. If the USPS refuses to deliver your mail because you’re Black, then you should be able to sue the USPS for........

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