Posted on 08/02/2017 8:46:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Black residents of Irvine? They’re virtually nonexistent. Yet, even if Mebane had known the African-American population in Irvine was 1.8 percent, he wouldn’t have been concerned. He was a football player with multiple multimillion-dollar contracts behind him.
“For us,” Mebane said, “it was just find the right place where we would be comfortable.”
The signs that renting a home in Irvine could be a problem came early.
Mebane’s Realtor took him and his wife to several homes, only to face icy receptions. During one visit, Mebane extended his hand to greet an owner who extended his in return — while turning his head away.
“You could feel the tension without people saying anything, and you could just tell they didn’t want us there,” Mebane said. “They were probably surprised that we were African-Americans, and they bought into all the negative stereotypes.”
Mebane and his wife eventually fell in love with a home that was right across the street from a park, which was perfect for their kids, 3-year-old Mahailey and 1-year-old Makai.
They set out to put together the rental application, with Amena, a lawyer, looking over all the details. Their credit score, in the 800s, was excellent. They amassed multiple recommendation letters that praised their character.
The Mebanes were turned down. The reason they were given?
“They told us the other applicant had a credit score that was four points higher,” Mebane said, rolling his eyes. “You can’t say we won’t rent to you because you’re black, because you’ll get sued. I know the real reason. I could handle it better if the people were just honest.”
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Irvine? FGS it is the socialist lib bastion of the OC!
They are ALL about diversity. Smell BS on this story... btw I live in the north OC....we are quite diverse and thankfully still holding on to conservative.
Bull bleepin poop. Plenty of wealthy blacks in OC. Tustin hills, Anaheim Hills, Newport area, come ON. Irvine is more Asian than any other race. My son’s best friend is AA and lives in Huntington Beach. OC is far from lily white.
Oh the trials of millionaires. Can’t find a hood without whitey.
A racism agenda, looking for a story.
Unless the Asians in Irvine don’t care for Africans Americans.
So the Asians are as racist as the Whites. It is unfortunate that good people suffer unjustly because of the actions of others. There was a reason I did not do a Section 8 rental. Was it fair? Maybe not. Was it necessary, absolutely.
Oh, brother...this story sounds like BS. I’ve never had a problem in Irvine.
So they should choose one with a lower credit score or they are racist? Got it.
Well the Prescott area is nice. I’ve spent many a moon looking for gold in them there hills.
Yep, with a $13 million 3 year contract, this dude can easily afford to just buy a house. Wonder what’s up with this situation????
I was first to rat him out!! No more Don King pictures?
It is Irvine; someone having a credit score 4 points higher is pretty common. I can only hope that there’s some recourse for the landlords to sue the bums for defamation.
If they're "negative stereotypes," then why did HE buy into them by avoiding majority-Black towns and moving into a 90% WHITE area?
Sounds like a bogus story
Santa Ana had a fair sized black community in the ‘60s. Eventually the tsunami of illegal immigration drove them out. There were black families in Tustin with MCAS El Toro. OC was largely white because most aerospace engineers were white and OC was where many of them lived, in the distant past when SoCal had an aerospace industry and OC hadn’t become a colony of the 3rd world.
Considering how multi-culti Irvine is I wouldn’t be surprised if the anti-black faction are mostly recent immigrants. Because that’s what a large part of Irvine’s population is.
“Athletes often party hearty, and tear properties up.”
Just ask Dennis Rodman’s Newport Beach neighbors...
This I can believe. My ire was at the slant of the article, as if it were the old whitey racism.
More #FakeNews. This has to have been invented because Trump is in office. I would have rented a property to the first person with a credit score in the 800s, without waiting for another one with a score “4 points higher”. Any sensible owner would have done so.
Yeah but those “4 points higher” allow him to imply that the landlord is racist. Being completely unverifiable is an added bonus.
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