It's actually pretty blatant. If I ask for a house in a black neighborhood that is in a good school district they say, "We're not supposed to tell you but..."
The internet makes all the difference though. You pick the area and the house and the realtor just sets up the appointment so you can see it. . On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is one of the reasons why when people say that we need to overturn and > revoke the laws against discrimination and civil rights and let the > "market" handle it, I believe they are full of shit. > > http://www.businessinsider.com/housing-discrimination-still-exists-2013-6 > > "Discrimination, though, persists in a much subtler form. Minorities in > search of a home today typically get to meet the agent and see the > property. > > But they're less likely than whites to then learn about the full range of > housing options available to them to be told "I have another two-bedroom > you might like to see," or "let me show you one more house." > > "Its very subtle," says Margery Turner, a senior vice president with the > Urban > Institute <http://www.urban.org/>. "Its pretty much impossible for the > victim to detect that this is happening to him or her." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364455 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
