Hahaha, excellent analogy.sundaymorningstaple wrote: ↑Fri, 29 Oct 2021 4:42 pmI see our resident troll crawled out from under his rock again. You would think that after almost three years of trolling here, he would understand that this side is hosted by a real estate company and just like car dealers, the Mercedes dealer isn't going to let a Kia salesman advertise Kias in the Mercedes showroom.
Unfortunately you don’t just see this in Singapore, in most countries with a dominant race there is a tendency to prefer their own race. Just human nature, not right, but human nature.
The "excuse" I've heard was based on culinary preferences. I guess those do not change that much between India and Singapore.smoulder wrote: ↑Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:35 amYes, because one person represents everyone from a race or ethnicity. If that was so, then they would definitely have to reject Chinese tenants as well because from what I've heard from landlords, they've seen some lousy Chinese (Malaysian and Taiwanese) tenants.therat wrote: ↑Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:29 amMight be some bad experience that the owner had encounter when they rent to a particular race.Indee wrote: ↑Tue, 26 Oct 2021 9:47 pmI was hunting for condo units for rent and there was one agent who openly refused my profile saying "Owner prefers only Chinese Tenants".
I felt this was quite discriminating and shamelessly mentioned so openly.
Is there any forum where these incidents on rentals can be flagged ?
once bitten, twice shy
A typical excuse I've heard is rejecting Indians from India because they are perceived to be a certain way. Problem is that, I've also heard of local Indians being rejected.
...sounds like some real racism.smoulder wrote: ↑Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:35 amMy own experience - I've been rejected even with a Malaysian Chinese wife. When I meet some of these agents face to face, I've heard things like "good profile" which I take to mean that I don't look Indian so I'm OK. I've been here long enough to know exactly what the comment means.
By all means choose your friends, spouse and even business partners based on race. But the problem is when one race, particularly the dominant disadvantages other races. That's not preference, it's discrimination. "Human nature" is no excuse.Lisafuller wrote: ↑Sat, 30 Oct 2021 3:35 amUnfortunately you don’t just see this in Singapore, in most countries with a dominant race there is a tendency to prefer their own race. Just human nature, not right, but human nature.
Yes true. Don't know if it's only my perception, but I feel like here there are less people who are willing to at least discuss the issue of racism which would be a start.Lisafuller wrote: ↑Sat, 30 Oct 2021 3:35 amUnfortunately you don’t just see this in Singapore, in most countries with a dominant race there is a tendency to prefer their own race. Just human nature, not right, but human nature.
Yes, something like that. But it's about the motives, not the scenarios. Motives for racism is discrimination based purely on race. If you belong to that race such person will treat you as someone of inferior type.tiktok wrote: ↑Sat, 30 Oct 2021 4:52 pm@x9200 just to be clear. If you are talking about a room in shared accommodation, yes that is a preference, albeit one of possibly a narrow mind. Otherwise to give preference to a Chinese couple/family/person to rent an entire home, purely based on their race, that's racism.
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