Asking “Where Are You From?” Results In $60,000 Rental Discrimination Penalty
Another sh*tbag “immigrant”. This isn’t the days of Ellis Island anymore. We are importing our enemies.
I’ve had massachusetts real estate agents ask me what type of housing I was looking for and in what area of town. I found these questions insulting and upsetting and I suffered extreme emotional distress. Where is my money??
Geez... you can’t even be conversational anymore?
MAKE SURE THIS STAYS PUBLIC!
So everyone knows NOT TO talk to these ‘venezualans’ and risk $thousands to defend yourself for telling (ordering?) them to “have a nice day”
Did they have any actual recorded proof that the agent asked them that question?
Does a Massachusetts statute override the agent’s first amendment rights to ask innocent questions of clients?
I guess I’ll add Massachusetts to the list of states that I refuse to ever visit.
“Gladys and her husband went on to find an apartment a month later without further incident. But she found the question about her national origin insulting and upsetting.”
why?
Unconstitutional. I know it is about what real estate agents can and can’t say because they are licensed, but you don’t give up your first amendment rights to get a license to simply sell homes.
I’d like to see the ACLU take up this case, all the way to the supreme court.
The problem isn’t the woman complaining. The problem is the Commission. There are all sorts of crazy and unreasonable people out there. The Commission should have protected the agent from such a person, rather than side with their lunacy.
I don’t see anywere in that where the agent asked her nationality.
“Where are you from?” can mean “What US city are you from?”
But of course you have no defense in today’s PC mad world. If you are White or a business owner, you are wrong.
Three years ago???? WTF?!!?
Unless it was in writing, the agent should just have denied any recollection of the incident, which he very likely DIDN’T remember.
The Venezualen douchebag is exactly that....the
REAL problem would be the assclowns at the housing
commission who, upon hearing of the complaint, did
not IMMEDIATELY tell the bitch to STFU and drop dead
as being offended by someone’s statement is HER PROBLEM,
NOT THE STATE’S PROBLEM. It’s the liberal brain donors
infesting government agencies that enable and perpeuate
this insanity.
He needs a better lawyer. The prohibition is about origin. Where are you from doesn’t necessarily mean origin. I was born in the Midwest. If someone asks here I’m from, I say Connecticut.
Only a fool does business in such a place.
Oy vey. Genug shoyn!
Kid comes home from school and says “Mommy, where do I come from”?
Mom goes on to explain how Mommy and Daddy, met, fell in love and went through the whole process.
Kid: “OK, just wondering because the new kid in class said he was from Brooklyn”.
One of the problems with changing immigration laws to favor foreign wealthy folks and their slaves instead of immigration that favors husbands and wives of Americans.
My wife has an Antique Store. We have a guest book asking people to sign in with information about where they are from.
If someone is in the store with a strange accent we always ask them to sign the book. We do this because we want to know our clients and others that come in the store are intrigued by the many nationalities and States of our customers.
I guess this makes me a discriminatory racist homophobic or worse.
Oddly enough some of our best customers are gay. They are treated with absolute respect and courtesy and without exception they are polite and respectful. A few are our friends. When it comes to business their is only one color and sexuality. The color is the green of dollar bills and I have always found dollars very sexual.