need to break a lease

I am trying to move out of my apartment, because the building was broken into last week. The landlord said that the windows were safe, but that he was going to put extra security on them anyway. Not only did he not do this, but he also left the window unlocked after he examined them. Also, he believes that people in the neighboring building are responsible because the only way to reach my window is from their fire escape. I want to get out of my lease, but I realize I really have no rights, so I offered to find someone to take my place. The landlord was okay with this until he met the tenants I sent to look at the apartment. One of the tenants was of a different race than myself and the landlord and he stated that he didn't want "those type of people" living in this building. Is there anything I can do about this? I certainly do not want to help him if he is going to discriminate against certain people like this, but I really don't feel safe in the apartment anymore. This is going to make it very hard for me to find a new tenant. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I could or should do?

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need to break a lease