On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan : > Even I would be wary of lending my house out to Muslims (or any other > communty which is identified as causing terrorism or generally disturbing > the peace), unless I knew them or they were referred to me from somebody I > know well. Face it, apart from the LTTE, IRA, all other major terrorist > groups I know are Islamic in origin to my knowledge (fringe groups like > Maoists, ULFA etc. being ignored). And I would also be vary of those in > khaki shorts and carry around a long wooden stick. >
How often have I heard this fear psychosis "I am afraid to rent out to 'x' group because of 'y' ..." Where i live many Indian landlord find various ways to keep out non-indian tenants -- especially africans -- usually by quoting an exorbitant rent ...or using the vegetarian excuse. As a result certain housing estates end up being completely Indian -- which in turn feeds perceptions that Indians are racist and live in ghettos. This racial profiling sometimes results in lower rents in some of these areas as the tenants competing for houses are fewer. Some of these same people complain about racism when they look for houses in european countries. There is also a more strange tenant -> landlord racial profiling where many Indian tenants prefer Indian / European landlords (some real estate agents will ask you if you prefer a landlord of particular racial origins) and will not take houses with african landlords as they fear the neighbors might be all african.
