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Flatshare bias: room-seekers with Muslim name get fewer replies

• sparkie 8y ago
  This is just people being culturally sensitive. I would chose not to share a flat with Muslims, or Jews, because I love eating pork, and I'm well aware that they're very uncomfortable about sharing a kitchen in which I cook it.
  • cimmanom 8y ago
    Though many are non-practicing. Only about 5% of the Jewish people I know keep kosher in any sense, and maybe half of those are strict enough to ask a roommate to avoid pork in the kitchen. (Pretty sure that’s lower than the proportion of vegetarians I know who would care about a roommate eating meat.) Some might allow it in the kitchen but ask you not to cook or consume pork using shared dishes and utensils. Those who are glatt kosher - who care that much - often will customize a kitchen with dual sinks, ovens, and dishwashers in order to accommodate the need to keep meat and dairy separate. If you need that, you’re probably not looking for a typical apartment share in the first place.
    • sparkie 8y ago
      In my first year of university I ended up in a shared accommodation with two muslims and a jew, and two other people. I made the innocent mistake of cooking a pepperoni pizza in the oven. After hearing them swear at me in Arabic and Hebrew (I understand neither), I cleaned out the oven and kitchen and told them I wouldn't cook pork again. Didn't help. They would not speak to me again. They didn't use the kitchen (I have no idea where they ate). In the end I just started cooking pork again because they weren't using it anyway.