You're not alone!

It's going to take a movement to raise awareness about felons not being a Protected Class, and the legalized-discrimination that implies.

The way I usually phrase it is:

  "What would you do if you were black/hispanic/asian and someone said:
    'Yeah there's nothing technically WRONG with you as an applicant.
    'But we just don't really house/hire YOUR KIND around here. Just policy, nothing personal, sorry.'"

And then watch the horrified look on peoples' faces.

This is just an expected occurrence as a felon, regardless of how long it's been.

But who is going to raise such awareness? Someone who can afford to lose their job?

Which unfortunately isn't me at the moment, and it sounds like isn't you.