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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Just to be clear, Asians are normally far more racist than whites. That is why many suspect the landlord was Asian in this case.
Great...then you can vote Flake out!
Welcome to the USA! LOL...my brother just moved too
As long as the rent check shows up by the 1st...and the property isn’t overly abused...I’m good.
Well, you can't have it BOTH ways now, can you?
Save Me A Spot!
I wonder why a professional NFL player with a credit score over 800, who wants to live in Irvine, does not become his own landlord and purchase a home.
Irvine is heavily Asian. Easy to imagine some Chinese landlord not wanting to rent to American blacks.
Don't they have large barracks for the wetback "agricultural workers"?
Once vacated, I'm sure they'd make jim-dandy "affordable housing"...which the former ghetto-RATs could now pay for as a result of their work-fare income; "Doing the jobs Americans don't want to do".
thanks.
Fake scab-picking news.
Fake scab-picking news.
Irvine is full of Chinese and Taiwanese teens who were sent to the US and specifically Irvine to get into good schools so as to put a good school on their résumés.
These teens oftentimes do not have an adult living in the house with them.
They have lots of money.
They are arrogant pricks who race through the neighborhoods in their fancy cars.
I don’ care for them.
I also don’t care for rabble rousing leftist reporters trying to portray the minority white people there as racist.
I believe in treating people as individuals, not as members of groups. Tribal thinking is what got us into this mess, and away from being just Americans.
He could be cut in training camp, or suffer a career ending injury. It's risky to buy until you are really secure. So you rent until you have a reasonable certainty.
He could be cut in training camp, or suffer a career ending injury. It's risky to buy until you are really secure. So you rent until you have a reasonable certainty.
'Cause he has a wife, and kids one and three years old. He's looking out for them.
This garbage couldn’t be more fakier than if it came from CNN.
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After you’ve had a few nice rental properties chewed up by millionaire punks you’ll learn to recognize the threat.
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