Re:Your wife is Indian, landlord won’t rent to you
by crabby on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:31PM
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Let's not make it about race? When the agent lists the property as "No Indians, No PRC" I don't think you can quite get away from making it about race.
Re:Your wife is Indian, landlord won’t rent to you
by restalis on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:53PM
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"No Indians, No PRC" can also mean bias on citizenship (i.e. politics)! That might be especially so when the same (Han ethnic) Chinese from HK or ROC would meet no hardship. So it may not necessarily be the race (or at least not for all landlords) as it may be the way they expect that their tenants will think or behave. It's called Memetics, and until naturalization in a new medium the individuals may present a higher risk of getting themselves at odds with the others around them.
Re:Your wife is Indian, landlord won’t rent to you
by cthalupa on Monday July 18, 2016 @02:02PM
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Except no one asked "Is she Singaporean born, ethnically Indian?"
Just saying her name was enough to get rejected.
Re:Your wife is Indian, landlord won’t rent to you
by lyonlim on Monday July 18, 2016 @02:26PM
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Actually, they might be referring to nationality rather than race. For example, it very common for landlords or their agents to ask about your nationality. They might be fine with a Singaporean Chinese, but PRC, maybe not.
Furthermore, landlords don't choose purely on race. They also select based on the tenant's profession, or whether they are family members or friends.
Also, both landlords and tenants have the right to be as picky as they want. Tenants also actively choose landlords.
The truth is, there are many other factors that make a deal. Let's not make this about race please.
(I know this as I also recently rented a unit, and if you are curious, no, I didn't rent from a landlord that's my race profile)