"et må alligevel være vanskelig at påvise at der er tale om diskrimination. Det er lidt som med ligebehandlingsloven på arbejdsmarkedet. Man skal typisk kunne påvise systematik eller arbejdsgiveren skal direkte melde ud at det er grunden."
Nej, det er faktisk ikke ret svaert. Her er et udskrift:
Nancy Updike
L.B. is a tall, thin man, somewhere north of 45 years old. He´s soft-spoken, but he can be relentless when he´s looking for an apartment. He went to one building, found the super in the hall.
L.b.
Hi.
Man
You looking to live here?
L.b.
Yes, I´m looking for a one-bedroom apartment for me and my wife.
Man
One-bedroom apartment?
L.b.
Yes, uh-huh.
Man
Oh, I don´t have.
L.b.
Like, you don´t have at all?
Man
No.
L.b.
No?
Man
No.
L.b.
He told me that nothing was available.
Nancy Updike
That´s what the super told him. But L.B. knew that with apartment hunting, sometimes no just means you haven´t asked the right question yet.
L.b.
Is there, like, a waiting list or something that you know-- Can I put my name on a waiting list?
Man
No, we don´t have.
L.b.
Oh, you don´t?
Man
No.
L.b.
There´s nothing at all? My wife really likes this building.
I kept going back to the fact that my-- how much my wife likes this building, that we really want to live-- that she wants to live here, and that my wife has the final word. I always say that a lot.
Nancy Updike
You throw that one out because--
L.b.
Yeah, I throw it out, yeah.
You´re absolutely sure there is nothing available, because she´s going to be mad at me when I get back. Listen, do you not have any one-bedrooms?
Man
No.
L.b.
None at all?
Man
I don´t have nothing.
L.b.
Oh, god.
Nancy Updike
That´s the sound of a man coming to terms with his fate. But, just one last question.
L.b.
Can you tell me, like, how much are the apartments going for, how much-- do you know?
Man
$1,250.
L.b.
$1,250? You know, well, we can afford that.
Nancy Updike
L.B. had to let it go. Except there was an apartment available, according to a later lawsuit. L.B. had been sent to the building not by his wife, but by a housing organization, as a test. L.B. is black, and the organization had also sent a white tester, Neal. Same income as L.B., also married, a little younger. He showed up at the same building, talked to the same super.
Neal
Hello, good morning, thanks for letting me in. I´m interested in a one-bedroom for my wife and I. Do you have anything you can show me?
Man
Yes.
Neal
Thank you, sir.
Nancy Updike
The super let him in, and they went up to apartment 4F.
Neal
Looks good, looks really good. Oh, this is a nice size room, huh? Very good.
When Neal asked how much the rent was, the super said $1,150. Neal wrote it down.
Neal
OK, so tell me what´s the rent?
Man
$1,150.
Neal
One, one, five, oh.
Nancy Updike
That was $100 a month less than what the super had quoted L.B. The housing organization did another test at the same building, later, with women. An African-American woman named Kaaron went to the building.
Kaaron
I buzzed the super´s apartment, and he answered, and I said, I´m looking for a one-bedroom apartment. Do you have anything available?
Man
Come in.
Kaaron
He buzzed me in. He let this person he could not see into his building, I went upstairs to his apartment. He opened the door.
Man
Hi.
Kaaron
Hi. I was wondering if you had any one-bedrooms or studio apartments available.
Man
No, no, I don´t have.
Kaaron
You don´t have anything?
Man
No.
Kaaron
OK. Are you the super?
Man
Yeah.
Nancy Updike
When a white woman around the same age showed up, there were two studios available.
"Jeg har ikke set om EB eller pressen har fulgt op på det, men jeg kan forestille mig det giver en erstatning til Hussein og bøde til udlejeren."
Google viser ingenting, men det kunne jeg godt taenke mig at vide egentlig.