{"id":101974,"date":"2018-12-04T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/flatshare-bias-room-seekers-with-muslim-name-get-fewer-replies\/"},"modified":"2018-12-04T02:05:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T19:05:57","slug":"flatshare-bias-room-seekers-with-muslim-name-get-fewer-replies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/flatshare-bias-room-seekers-with-muslim-name-get-fewer-replies\/","title":{"rendered":"Flatshare bias: room-seekers with Muslim name get fewer replies"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u2018Muhammad\u2019 less likely than \u2018David\u2019 to get a positive response, Guardian investigation finds\u2022 How we carried out the surveyPeople from ethnic minorities face arbitrary discrimination when they look for a room to rent, experts have said, after a Guardian investigation found that inquiries from a person with a Muslim name about flatshare ads received significantly fewer positive responses.In a snapshot survey of the private flatshare market carried out as part of the Bias in Britain series, expressions of interest were sent from \u201cMuhammad\u201d and \u201cDavid\u201d to almost 1,000 online advertisements for rooms across the UK. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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