Well, I am white and they insisted that a salesman ride with me when I
test-drove
a Sentra a decade ago. Not all preferential treatment can be attributable
to race.
Maybe the guy had been in a number of times and they felt comfortable with
him. Maybe
they even knew him.
Actually, Mike, there is a discrimination of sorts against Asians. It's
just not as
clear-cut as you would expect. If you look at the statistics related to the
chances
you have of making it into law school or med school as an Asian versus as a
black or
white person, you'll find that for a particular GPA you are MUCH less likely
to be
accepted than one of the other two groups. I'll let you figure out which
one.
Dave
P.S. Marcus, I am not saying racism doesn't exist. I'm saying sometimes
there are reasons other than racism for preferential treatment.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:31 AM
To: Sentra Mailing List
Subject: Re: SML-NON-P: Nissan being sued for overchargine Blacks....
In a message dated 7/10/01 5:23:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Personally I hate when race comes into issues. Being a
minority, I don't think I am discriminated against very
much wherever I go in this country.
That doesn't mean that it does not happen to anyone,
just I hate when it is used to make a situation ugly.
If the lawsuit was Nissan discriminates against poor
people, then it would probably easily be explained
away by saying the obvious, poor people are a higher
credit risk.
By bringing a racial overtone to it, the lawyer now
has a case unfortunately.
Mike >>
Well, Mike unfortunately these things go on. I do realize that many times
race can be used as a scapegoat, but don't hide your head in the sand. Only
when everyone faces what is wrong can things be corrected. I love Nissan as
much as the first person but bought mine used from someone. I am one of
those
black minorities that Nissan discriminated against. I initially wanted a
Maxima. The first lot would not let me test drive the car without a salesman
in the car. That was right after the white man left to test drive a 300Z The
credit excuse does not hold water, they never asked what I did. I left as I
was not being treated the same. I went to another dealer in town and after
giving me a run around with salesmen supposedly running back and forth to
the
manager, they gave me some ridiculous price. He then said if I couldn't
afford it, I should try something less expensive. So again I left and went
to
the Mazda dealership where they gave me the keys to there brand new on the
lot at that time Millenia to test drive. No hassles, no games just gave me
the keys. I then bought that car that day. Now I am a veterinarian, black
and
can afford any car that Nissan produces. If it happened to me twice in one
day at two different establishments, then it is very easy to believe in the
law suit as a positive thing if practices change. This occurs all the time
on
all kinds of fronts. You can't be paralyzed by the occurrence, but
understand
it and squash it where you can. Oh yeah I do find it weird that this has
never happened to me at a premium line. Hell we bought the Infinite QX4
without a hitch.
Marcus
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