Discrimination, Stereotyping or Profiling, Which One It?

1. Housing applications run a credit history along with a background check, how long do you think they should be able to go back?

one year

14%

289 votes

two years

18%

386 votes

five years

41%

851 votes

ten years

23%

481 votes

Other (please specify)

4%

93 votes

Housing apps go back ten years while credit is only 7 years

Ok
wow didnt know this
terrible

2. If a person has no recent criminal activity and there are no evictions on record with notable recent rental history to back them up, should they still be denied housing?

Yes

13%

266 votes

No

87%

1,835 votes

Most people applying for housing are convicted of non-violent crimes and show good work and rental history

Ok
criminals dont always do bad ...... lots (im sure) are up todate on thier bills
No evictions and recent rental history doesn't mean they will always pay rent on time and doesn't mean they will not damage your rental.

3. Do you think this is form or discrimination, profiling, or stereotyping when it comes to denying another human being housing if they are adequately able to pay for that housing?

Discrimination

45%

948 votes

Profiling

46%

976 votes

stereotyping

36%

760 votes

Please explain your answer why you think so?

none of the three
n/a
What if I dont know all the pertinent circumstances of any particular case and don't think it's any of the above options?!

4. When a person commits a crime and is found guilty in a court of law and sentenced punishment for that crime and completes the punishment as ordered to do so, has the debt to society been paid?

Yes

70%

1,470 votes

No

30%

631 votes

Explian your answer

I only answered No because that person may not ahve paid the monetary and/or other court-ordered restitution s/he owes the person whose rights s/he criminally violated.
they should understand the depth of their crime
That's legally how it works

5. If your answer is no, then why do we have written laws governing the minimum and maximum sentences allowed for a certain crime, but yet we do not think the debt is paid back? Is this a form of doubt in our laws that govern our country that we shout yes put them in prison or rehab because our sytems will rehabilitate them.

Yes

42%

891 votes

No

58%

1,210 votes

Explain why you think this is doubt in our laws?

i've already explained the reason for my No answer above.
not all criminals can understand the impact of their crimes
Because sometimes people aren't punished enough or at all, and sometimes people are wrongfully punished.

6. If your answer was yes that their debt to society for their crime was paid for, then is it fair that we still punish these people by refusing housing and certain jobs (as long as it didn't pertain to the crime committed. i.e. child porn for daycare worker, etc.)

Yes

27%

566 votes

No

73%

1,535 votes

Please explain your answer

Hey!, this is already the sixth question.
we should offer a alternative to mainstream accommodations
That's legally how it works

7. If an African American guy with no kids or wife with stable, reliable, valid income applies for an apartment as well as a hispanic woman with three children and no husband and a caucasian male with no job and no liable income on record, all apply for an apartment and the caucasian gets the apartment is this discrimination?

Yes

57%

1,201 votes

No

43%

900 votes

Please explain your answer

the caucasian has no proof they can pay for their housing
The woman with kids should be first to be considered.
It should go by the best one for the apartment not race

8. If a Hispanic male with a history of alcohol abuse, spousal abuse with current CPS case pending for his two children, and an African American female with four children that are constantly left alone while she runs the block making drug sales, and a caucasian female with two years of verifiable good rental history, along three years of reliable, valid employment but has a felony charge that has been completed for over 6 years for shoplifting all apply for an apartment is this discrimination when the hispanic male gets the apartment?

Yes

33%

694 votes

No

25%

520 votes

Undecided

42%

887 votes

Please explain your answer

You've an undecided ioption for this question, but not the previous one?!
both are not suitable
She paid her debt

9. If a job or housing application is not allowed to ask if you are male or female due to recent discrimination orders because it felt like it was discriminating against gay, bisexual, transgender people, but it is okay to ask a person about criminal history and judge them on that because they are considered a felon. Is this really fair?

Yes

33%

697 votes

No

67%

1,404 votes

Please explain your answer

criminals should be held more seriously
The only thing that should be considered is ability to pay, current 1 year) criminal history, need, credit, and reference
Some people that have committed crimes are reoffenders. If that person is a sex offender you definitely what to know

Results for - Discrimination, Stereotyping or Profiling, Which One Is It?

1. Housing applications run a credit history along with a background check, how long do you think they should be able to go back?

2. If a person has no recent criminal activity and there are no evictions on record with notable recent rental history to back them up, should they still be denied housing?

3. Do you think this is form or discrimination, profiling, or stereotyping when it comes to denying another human being housing if they are adequately able to pay for that housing?

4. When a person commits a crime and is found guilty in a court of law and sentenced punishment for that crime and completes the punishment as ordered to do so, has the debt to society been paid?

6. If your answer was yes that their debt to society for their crime was paid for, then is it fair that we still punish these people by refusing housing and certain jobs (as long as it didn't pertain to the crime committed. i.e. child porn for daycare worker, etc.)

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