She doesn't want to rent it out to black men

[Pravda]

I mean her condo.

 

So the conversation went like this.

 

Agent: The rent is lower this year due to covid, but we have a lot of black men interested in this building.

 

Wifey: Oh....

 

Agent: I will screen them thoroughly if you are interested.

 

Wifey: Hun, should I rent my condo to a black guy?

 

Me: Let me ask my friends on Thai Visa

 

 

[CharlieH]

A Nigerian prince no doubt waiting to clear his $100 mil fortune that may be he will cut you in on for a little help. ????

[richard_smith237]

A dog whistle to the racists !!!! 

 

 

... If someone is paying then why not ?

 

When renting out a condo get a reference from a previous landlord and follow up with a call. There’s no reason not to rent out to anyone with a decent reference. 

[Gecko123]

Very, very disappointed in you Pravda.

 

Raising this question implies racial discrimination may sometimes be warranted.

 

You might want to reflect on the possibility that someday in the not so distant future people may start asking themselves the same question about white people. Think about it. Many white people don't seem to like anybody who doesn't look like them, be they be Chinese, Black, Hispanic, Indian, Arab, African, etc., etc. Who wants to be around people like that? Trust me, many people are starting to ask themselves questions like this.

 

Perhaps being on the receiving end of housing, job, social discrimination is the only way some people will learn how hurtful and painful it can be.

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Gecko123

[Ralf001]

once you black you never go back.

[madmen]

43 minutes ago, Pravda said:

Agent : I will screen them thoroughly if you are interested.

 

 

????????

[Kwasaki]

57 minutes ago, Pravda said:

Wifey: Hun, should I rent my condo to a black guy?

I would say "Up to you".

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, Pravda said:

Wifey: Hun, should I rent my condo to a black guy?

Me: Let me ask my friends on Thai Visa

It would  depend on their country of origin and  their religion.

[RobMuir]

1 hour ago, Pravda said:

Let me ask my friends on Thai Visa

Simple

 

If you are not racist I can not see a problem.

If you are racist then best to leave it empty.

 

There are good and bad, dirty and clean people from all races. Upbringing and personality is more important than skin colour.

[mikebike]

Why do I get the feeling the posters before me are not getting the sarcasm in the OP's post... ????

[Justtaste]

[Justtaste]

Having mental problem so sad????

[CharlieH]

I have a quiet disbelief that some have actually thought the OP to be serious and not see the sarcasm and humor that I believee was intended with this topic.

 

Lighten up guys, jeez, there are no witches to burn or anyone that needs lynching here !

 

Move along please.

[tgw]

Baiting post by OP.

 

just screen potential renters properly, who cares about their color when they can afford it and have good reputation and payment history?

[JeffersLos]

We rent a house to a young black woman. She's very nice. 

 

The only problem is we have no idea what she's saying. She is from Liverpool. 

[Gecko123]

10 hours ago, mikebike said:

Why do I get the feeling the posters before me are not getting the sarcasm in the OP's post... ????

I've gone back and re-read the OP no less than 10 times trying to see if I was missing anything. The only way I can find any humor is if the OP is treating it as a foregone conclusion that renting to blacks is ill-advised, and that he is only telling his wife that he will seek opinions from TVF because he knows in advance (wink, wink) what he is going to hear from forum members. The humor derives from the "inside joke" that we, too, all know in advance what the answer is going to be, right? If there's some other interpretation that's gone over my head, please feel free to enlighten me.

 

In my opinion, interpreting the OP as an attempt at humor only makes it more, not less, offensive. Ask yourself at whose expense this so-called joke is being made? Also, in order for the OP's "humor" to work, the OP has presumed that there is a chummy common understanding among forum members that racial discrimination in housing is acceptable, a presumption which subtly serves to normalize and legitimize racial discrimination.

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Gecko123

[OneMoreFarang]

Let's pretend the question is real.

 

Is it really racist to think twice who you want in your apartment and building?

I live in a building with people from all over the world (at least pre Covid times). And most of the time all is fine.

We always had a restaurant in the ground floor, mostly Thai food. 

A few years ago the Thai restaurant was closed. And then a black guy rented the place. And then it became an unofficial disco. Many (only) black people in a relative small room, loud music, open till late. There is a public toilet in the building maybe 30m away. Sometimes in the early morning there was toilet paper on the floor between the toilet and our new disco.

I think it took a couple of month to get rid of the new disco. I guess latest since then lots of people in the building would think twice if they would rent any place to a black guy.

Now is that racist? Or realistic? Or maybe just cautious? 

 

And yes, I know there are some nice black people out there. I know some of them and I wouldn't mind if they were my neighbors.

[soi3eddie]

I think the OP is being provocative with the post. 

 

Here's a situation that my Thai wife had when we rented our Bangkok condo out on TripAdvisor (FlipKey) in the early 2010s before AirBnB became a thing. After a year or so of rentals - typically 5 days to 2 weeks duration - she implemented an unwritten rental policy for vetting before allowing a booking. We had previously rented to people from all over the world including; Indonesians, Americans, Malaysians, Australians, British, Singaporeans, Continental Europeans, Hong Kongers, Guyanans and even Thais. We'd hosted singles, couples, families straights, and gays as far as we know. It was out of all these groups that the Thai wife was adamant of: NO THAIS and NO SINGLE MALES! Those were the only people we ever had a problem with. All others were lovely. Why no Thais? Invariably it was for a Farang/Thai couple coming back to vist family and almost always, her whole family - on one occasion 8 people - would arrive from upcountry for a stay in our condo suitable for 4 persons. Single males? Well that was due to them bringing back ladies everynight and partying - on one occasion the girls left in the early morning stealing the guest's laptops, phones, wallets, passports etc. That caused an issue for us. Stopped renting out some years ago now due to the hassles.

 

Edited April 11, 2021 by soi3eddie

[OneMoreFarang]

3 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

I think the OP is being provocative with the post. 

 

Here's a situation that my Thai wife had when we rented our Bangkok condo out on TripAdvisor (FlipKey) in the early 2010s before AirBnB became a thing. After a year or so of rentals - typically 5 days to 2 weeks duration - she implemented an unwritten rental policy for vetting before allowing a booking. We had previously rented to people from all over the world including; Indonesians, Americans, Malaysians, Australians, British, Singaporeans, Continental Europeans, Hong Kongers, Guyanans and even Thais. We'd hosted singles, couples, families straights, and gays as far as we know. It was out of all these groups that the Thai wife was adamant of: NO THAIS and NO SINGLE MALES! Those were the only people we ever had a problem with. All others were lovely. Why no Thais? Invariably it was for a Farang/Thai couple coming back to vist family and almost always, her whole family - on one occasion 8 people - would arrive from upcountry for a stay in our condo suitable for 4 persons. Single males? Well that was due to them bringing back ladies everynight and partying - on one occasion the girls left in the early morning stealing the guest's laptops, phones, wallets, passports etc. That caused an issue for us. Stopped renting out some years ago now due to the hassles.

Out of curiosity: How do you check the status of these people? If a guy rents it and he tells you he rents it together with his wife do you check that? And is it illegal if he would lie?

I read in other news that people rent villas and tell they have a big family reunion. And then in reality they have a wild party. Is that a crime?

Just for the record: I don't intend to rent anything.

[mikebike]

9 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

If there's some other interpretation that's gone over my head, please feel free to enlighten me.

Yes the very obvious interpretation is to take it at face value that he found his wife's question absurd and thought it would be funny to share the absurdity on TVF... your interpretation requires a much greater level of assumption.

[Gecko123]

50 minutes ago, mikebike said:

Yes the very obvious interpretation is to take it at face value that he found his wife's question absurd and thought it would be funny to share the absurdity on TVF... your interpretation requires a much greater level of assumption.

Not buying it for a millisecond.

[robblok]

20 hours ago, BritManToo said:

It would  depend on their country of origin and  their religion.

More like their ability to pay and keep it clean. I rather have a black muslim then a white guy who trashes the place. Does not really matter much who rents my stuff. But need someone trustworthy for both paying and not trashing the place.

 

Seen plenty of white guys trash places and plenty of people on here like to stick it to the landlord over the smallest complaints. So maybe rather not have one of those idiots who think that every small problem needs to end with them sticking it to the landlord.

 

So its not about religion or country of origin you got bad apples everywhere. The pics you sometimes see of how trashed stuff gets puts me off from renting out my house. I might get 7000-8000 but just not worth the stress. 

[from the home of CC]

23 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

A dog whistle to the racists !!!! 

 

 

... If someone is paying then why not ?

 

When renting out a condo get a reference from a previous landlord and follow up with a call. There’s no reason not to rent out to anyone with a decent reference. 

dog whistle? lol - you would have to be dumb blind deaf and stupid not to think it's racist...

[from the home of CC]

1 hour ago, robblok said:

More like their ability to pay and keep it clean. I rather have a black muslim then a white guy who trashes the place. Does not really matter much who rents my stuff. But need someone trustworthy for both paying and not trashing the place.

 

Seen plenty of white guys trash places and plenty of people on here like to stick it to the landlord over the smallest complaints. So maybe rather not have one of those idiots who think that every small problem needs to end with them sticking it to the landlord.

 

So its not about religion or country of origin you got bad apples everywhere. The pics you sometimes see of how trashed stuff gets puts me off from renting out my house. I might get 7000-8000 but just not worth the stress. 

a lot of these generalizing racist sentiments written on here come mainly from one country..

[from the home of CC]

23 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

Very, very disappointed in you Pravda.

 

Raising this question implies racial discrimination may sometimes be warranted.

 

You might want to reflect on the possibility that someday in the not so distant future people may start asking themselves the same question about white people. Think about it. Many white people don't seem to like anybody who doesn't look like them, be they be Chinese, Black, Hispanic, Indian, Arab, African, etc., etc. Who wants to be around people like that? Trust me, many people are starting to ask themselves questions like this.

 

Perhaps being on the receiving end of housing, job, social discrimination is the only way some people will learn how hurtful and painful it can be.

 

these intelligence gaps are present among many white people, could be a genetic flaw. White people have been the minority forever with  history  documenting they only have succeeded by robbery and genocide. Payback will be a b**** lol 

1 hour ago, robblok said:

More like their ability to pay and keep it clean. I rather have a black muslim then a white guy who trashes the place. Does not really matter much who rents my stuff. But need someone trustworthy for both paying and not trashing the place.

 

Seen plenty of white guys trash places and plenty of people on here like to stick it to the landlord over the smallest complaints. So maybe rather not have one of those idiots who think that every small problem needs to end with them sticking it to the landlord.

 

So its not about religion or country of origin you got bad apples everywhere. The pics you sometimes see of how trashed stuff gets puts me off from renting out my house. I might get 7000-8000 but just not worth the stress. 

a lot of these generalizing racist sentiments written on here come mainly from one country..

[OneMoreFarang]

I think it's interesting how many people (here) pretend they treat everybody equal - or at least they don't make an issue out of the skin color.

Are we really all so open minded?

Lets say anybody of us would look for a new condominium somewhere in Bangkok. In one place are mostly white "Westerners". And in a very similar building there are many people with a dark skin color. Now where would we chose to live? And lets say the condominium in the building with the "white" people would be 20% more expensive; how many of us would be willing to pay 20% more not to live in that building with all those dark people?

 

It's easy to write we are not racist and it's easy to pretend that just the idea that someone would not rent to a black guy is absurd. But let's look at reality. Are we all in real life as equal minded as we pretend to be?

 

Personally I don't think I am a racist. But deep down I have preferences what I like and what I don't like. Maybe for good reason, maybe just the way I grew up with all those white people around me. I am pretty sure many of us are not really as open minded as we pretend to be.

[robblok]

18 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

these intelligence gaps are present among many white people, could be a genetic flaw. White people have been the minority forever with  history  documenting they only have succeeded by robbery and genocide. Payback will be a b**** lol 

 

Your right but truth be told any great empire country whatever has committed acts of violence.. genocide. The timid don't seem to win. Not saying its good or anything, but does not really matter what skin color someone has if they want to start an empire or a huge country they will have to fight hard anyway they can. Japanese.. not white.. did some pretty horrible stuff too. 

 

Native American indians were pretty bad also long before the white people came. They were killing and raping too. The Turks with the Otteman empire did some bad things. Don't forget  the Mongols (Genghis Khan).

 

I think its more safe to say that all the great countries / empires have had their share of bloodshed. 

[Ventenio]

i think you have to meet them.   met a zillion nice black people, and a zillion nice people who weren't black.  and i met bad people too, and even the white, trailer-park trash who scare me.  i bet i could meet anyone for 5-minutes and make a decent judgement on if they would be a good tenant.   maybe check their Facebook page, since maybe they are into some crazy stuff....but to simply judge based on a color is ridiculous.  

[Ventenio]

8 minutes ago, robblok said:

Native American indians were pretty bad also long before the white people came. They were killing and raping too.

this is a ridiculous blanket statement......then might as well say white people came and killed and raped.  and then just say everyone killed and raped.

 

tons and tons and tons of peaceful native american indians.....do some research.  

[robblok]

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think it's interesting how many people (here) pretend they treat everybody equal - or at least they don't make an issue out of the skin color.

Are we really all so open minded?

Lets say anybody of us would look for a new condominium somewhere in Bangkok. In one place are mostly white "Westerners". And in a very similar building there are many people with a dark skin color. Now where would we chose to live? And lets say the condominium in the building with the "white" people would be 20% more expensive; how many of us would be willing to pay 20% more not to live in that building with all those dark people?

 

It's easy to write we are not racist and it's easy to pretend that just the idea that someone would not rent to a black guy is absurd. But let's look at reality. Are we all in real life as equal minded as we pretend to be?

 

Personally I don't think I am a racist. But deep down I have preferences what I like and what I don't like. Maybe for good reason, maybe just the way I grew up with all those white people around me. I am pretty sure many of us are not really as open minded as we pretend to be.

Your right but it also is about are they of the same socio economic background. Are the white guys sexpats who party all the time and the black muslims with call to prayer. Then it would be hard choice. 

 

If both are really the same i might choose white i might feel more at home there as background would be more similar. But for renting out a property I really would care far more about ability to pay and keep things clean. I don't have to live with the person im renting too. Just get money and hope the place isnt trashed. 

 

I am now constantly surrounded by people from Singapore almost no white friends. I can't say i feel any difference. Maybe some cultural stuff. I am said to talk to much. They hate disrupting or changing the subject. For me its easy if someone talks about something i dont want to listen to i tell them say. They are too polite to brush me off. But I have always selected those i hang out with based on interest and background not skin color. 

 

But like you i grew up among white people so i might feel more of a connecting if all other things are the same.