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       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: June 9, 2021, 10:24 pm
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  HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-appraisers-call-industrys-racial-191500679.html
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       > Appraisal industry faces onslaught of scrutiny over racial
       bias against Black homeowners
       >
       > It didn’t sit well with Michael Tidwell when an appraisal
       report he submitted for a large commercial property in a
       predominantly Black neighborhood in Los Angeles was rejected by
       a bank reviewer who insisted the lot was valued too high.
       >
       > Tidwell, a Black appraiser who is also a valuation and
       advisory director at the global real estate services firm
       Cushman & Wakefield, said it took months of back and forth, with
       the issue getting escalated to the bank’s top brass, before they
       ultimately agreed with his initial assessment.
       >
       > “The reviewer didn't respect the community because he felt
       like, ‘Oh, it's a Black neighborhood. It's crime-ridden and
       violence and all of that. There's no way this place is going to
       be able to make money,’” he said. “It’s frustrating because even
       when you do your job or you may know the value of the community,
       somebody that's not from that community, a lot of times, they're
       not going to see the value.”
       >
       > Tidwell is in a unique position on the inside of a tiny and
       largely insular appraisal industry of 78,000 whose membership is
       more than 85 percent white, with less than 2 percent of
       appraisers identifying as Black.
       >
       > The appraisal industry continues to be criticized for racially
       based bias against Black homeowners, like in the case of a Black
       Indianapolis homeowner who after concealing her race received an
       appraisal value of more than double that of two previous
       appraisals where her race was known, according to the Fair
       Housing Center of Central Indiana, a nonprofit that filed a
       housing discrimination on the woman's behalf. The three
       assessments were performed by different companies with the first
       two coming in at $125,000 and $110,000 and the third coming in
       at $259,000 after she had a white friend pose as her brother.
       >
       > But Black appraisers have also encountered difficulties
       navigating similar issues from inside the industry. Many say
       that while the valuation divide is symptomatic of a larger
       racial issue, addressing challenges and barriers in a profession
       with an apprenticeship model — which makes it difficult for
       people of color to break in — may be one way to widen the
       industry lens.
       >
       > Racially based appraisal bias is a well-documented and
       pervasive issue that has long contributed to the widening wealth
       gap for Black families, and much of it has been driven by
       “historical racialized appraisals that influence contemporary
       values and appraisers’ racialized assumptions about
       neighborhoods to drive appraisal method,” according to a study
       published in the journal Social Problems.
       >
       > The study found that from 1980 to 2015 homes in white
       neighborhoods appreciated almost $200,000 more than comparable
       homes in similar communities of color.
       >
       > A different study by the Brookings Institution in 2018 found
       that in the average U.S. metropolitan area, “homes in
       neighborhoods where the share of the population is 50 percent
       Black are valued at roughly half the price as homes in
       neighborhoods with no Black residents,” and that there is a
       level of “implicit bias” in an individuals’ perception of
       members of an oppressed class. The study also found that the
       “value of assets — buildings, schools, leadership, and land
       itself — are inextricably linked to the perceptions of Black
       people.”
       >
       > It was around 70 years ago when the appraisal industry opened
       up to African Americans, said Jacob Faber, a professor of
       sociology and public service at New York University. So there is
       a not-so-distant history of fairly explicit racial exclusion
       that not just purposefully kept African Americans and other
       people of color out of the appraisal industry, but also hampered
       the ability of African Americans to own property.
       >
       > Since there are so few Black appraisers, it's not clear what
       impact diversity would have on the industry, Faber said, but he
       added that other research on the benefits of diversity in
       institutions does suggest that it could help alleviate some of
       the racial bias in individual appraisals even though there are
       bigger structural problems with the way that homes are
       appraised.
       >
       > The apprenticeship model blocks diverse applicants
       >
       > After sending out nearly a hundred résumés to potential
       mentors who could provide her with the training hours required
       to become a certified appraiser, Jillian White remembers one
       response very clearly.
       >
       > A senior appraiser asked White, who is based in New York City,
       to come to his office right away to interview after telling her
       how impressed he was with her credentials. But his excitement
       quickly faded as soon as he saw a Black woman, White said,
       adding that she was not even allowed past the office’s threshold
       by the appraiser who turned her away, saying she was
       overqualified.
       >
       > “It’s been tricky. I feel caught in the middle when I hear
       about appraisals coming in low for Black homeowners,” said
       White, who is now the head of collateral for the digital
       mortgage lender Better. “There are a multitude of different
       factors that play into this, including a deeper history of how
       we attach value to property in the first place, but there are
       also very few outside voices in the appraisal industry that can
       help re-examine opinions on property value.”
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       Just call it what it is: ethnic profiling. It is literally no
       different than what the Karens do in the street, except these
       ones are professional Karens!
       #Post#: 7045--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: guest5
       Date: June 10, 2021, 10:04 pm
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       Pool Karen Gets SHAMED On Her Way Out
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       > These Karens didn't react well to getting kicked out of the
       pool. Julia Sun breaks it down on Rebel HQ.
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCZqs9VpPIo&list=TLPQMTEwNjIwMjHMBL4da7YTyA&index=4
       Man Gets Chewed Out After Confronting Black Deliveryman For
       Walking In Wealthy Neighborhood
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       > This man gets chewed out after confronting a Black deliveryman
       for walking in an affluent San Francisco neighborhood
       >
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_iF3EmVuRw
       #Post#: 7087--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: June 11, 2021, 11:50 pm
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       Older but classic:
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88FbwnIzGCQ
       #Post#: 7110--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: June 12, 2021, 10:26 pm
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  HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-black-students-won-school-141500856.html
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       > Two Black Students Won School Honors. Then Came the Demands
       for a Recount.
       > ...
       > almost immediately, parents of other students near the top of
       the rankings raised questions about who should have been
       honored. Within days, and breaking with long-standing tradition,
       West Point High School decided to name two valedictorians and
       two salutatorians — with two white students, Emma Berry and
       Dominic Borgioli, joining the Black students who had already
       been named.
       --- End Quote ---
       It's OK for Karens' offspring to be "white"?
       #Post#: 7276--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: June 23, 2021, 11:45 pm
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i75mtOdhZjk
       #Post#: 7288--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: June 24, 2021, 10:43 pm
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  HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-caught-camera-spewing-racist-201617505.html
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       > A white woman was captured on video yelling racial slurs at an
       Asian Uber driver at a gas station in Charlotte, N.C.
       > ...
       > Viral clip: Chokbengboun said he started recording when a
       female passenger, identified as Stella Thomas, started berating
       him with racist insults, according to QC Nerve.
       > ...
       > Thomas can be heard yelling, “Go f**k yourself, go back to
       Asia,” at the driver, adding she was also calling 911.
       --- End Quote ---
       #Post#: 7439--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: July 7, 2021, 2:07 am
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnI1S4dLgak
       #Post#: 7498--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: guest55
       Date: July 11, 2021, 4:15 pm
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       Karen Gets PULLED OVER And RAGES At Cop
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       > Karen got pulled over for texting and driving, and she decided
       to RAGE at the cop.
       --- End Quote ---
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yp13D4wpoU
       #Post#: 7511--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: July 12, 2021, 10:15 pm
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  HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-lured-asian-man-dog-182948422.html
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       > Woman who lured Asian man’s dog onto traffic accused of
       harassing another Asian dog owner
       > ...
       > What happened: In a viral TikTok video, a white woman — whose
       identity remains unknown — is seen yelling at another woman
       behind the camera for walking an “unleashed” dog. She is also
       accused of hurling racial slurs and spitting at her.
       > ...
       > The video, posted by TikTok user @mk__ml11, shows the woman
       criticizing her for having an unleashed dog on the grass. She
       also insults her by saying that she cannot read English.
       > ...
       > @mk__ml11 added that the incident was “clearly racially
       motivated” because the woman said “white people follow rules”
       when asked why she wasn’t yelling at them.
       --- End Quote ---
       #Post#: 7557--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Karenism (a.k.a. ethnic profiling by civilians)
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: July 16, 2021, 10:05 pm
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  HTML https://us.yahoo.com/news/california-woman-falsely-accuses-black-182832198.html
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       > California woman falsely accuses Black man of stealing son’s
       phone at Walmart
       > ...
       > When Bryant asks the woman if he will get an apology when the
       police arrive and find that he doesn’t have the phone, the woman
       replies, “Sure.”
       >
       > Bryant begins to walk away, and the woman blocks his path,
       demanding he stay put until the police arrive. He eventually
       heads back inside the Walmart to speak to a store employee about
       the situation.
       >
       > “I’m dealing with this woman’s irateness,” he tells a store
       employee, “because her son can’t be responsible for a phone.
       That’s not my fault. But being racially profiled? That’s gonna
       be hers.”
       >
       > The woman’s son then walks in, holding his phone.
       >
       > “Her son found it in the car,” said Bryant. “Now, I’m gonna
       press charges.” When he asked the woman again for her name, she
       tells him to “go f**k himself.”
       > ...
       > “The fact that she is unable to be remorseful about the
       situation is why this continues to happen because she felt she
       is correct to falsely accuse someone of a crime. Even when the
       evidence proves her wrong. This could have gone left a couple
       different ways,” said one Twitter user.
       >
       > “This man gets harassed at Walmart for ‘existing while Black’,
       and when the woman gets confronted by her own ignorance and
       racial profiling, she tells the guy to ‘go eff yourself’, all
       while withholding any apology,” wrote another.
       >
       > “Once again, our people are being subjected to unjust racial
       profiling & harassment over a CELLPHONE! She didn’t even have
       the common decency to apologize for her FALSE accusation! This
       behavior is disgusting & incredibly dangerous!!” outspoken civil
       rights lawyer Ben Crump wrote on Twitter.
       > ...
       > Internet sleuths zoomed in on the woman’s shirt which had the
       name and logo of Kaiser Permanente, a healthcare organization in
       California. She has reportedly since been identified as Liz de
       la Torres, a Kaiser employee.
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