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just another update regarding racism in Singapore,


I received a call one evening from this agent who works with a well-known agency. I liked what he told me about the house and agreed to a viewing. The agent sounded happy then and said he would call me back to confirm the viewing time for the next morning.
Two hours later, he called again. His first question to me was: "What race do you belong to?"

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Indian, I said. What about your husband, he asked. Indian too, I replied.

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"Are you a South Indian or a North Indian?" he next ventured.

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By now, the questions were really getting to me.

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"We are from South India, from a place called Hyderabad," I told him, before I asked him to enlighten me as to why he was asking me these questions. And the agent had the audacity to tell me point-blank: "Well, the landlord is very particular about the race he rents his house to."

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That did it. I was furious.

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I told him that a landlord should be bothered about the rental, how the place would be maintained and the lease, not about the race of the tenant.

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In any case, I did not want to be involved in any dealings with such people, I said and hung up.

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My initial reaction was anger, and at that point I did not realise how much it would hurt. It did — bad and deep. It's been nearly a week now and I still have the conversation playing back repeatedly in my mind.

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Now, I wish I had not lost my temper when I was asked the questions. Instead, to his persistent questions about my race, I should have kept my cool and replied: "Human race."

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