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'In Toronto, they could marry, but they couldn’t rent an apartment together as landlords were afraid of “trouble."' A bit off-topic, but I'm somewhat shocked b
by rickmb 15y ago
'In Toronto, they could marry, but they couldn’t rent an apartment together as landlords were afraid of “trouble."'
A bit off-topic, but I'm somewhat shocked by this (and my own ignorance). I know about the US, but this was an issue in Canada?
- raganwald 15y agoIn theory they could live anywhere they chose. But the gap between theory and practice is narrower in theory than it is in practice.
- RyanMcGreal 15y agoMy parents came to Toronto from Ireland in the 1960s and also experienced their share of covert racism. It may be hard to imagine that a city that is so cosmopolitan† today was so repressive and ethnocentric just a few decades ago. † Notwithstanding the Toronto Sun, et al.
- nandemo 15y agoGiven that it was 60 years ago, I'm not so surprised. For what is worth, even today the majority of landlords in Japan will not rent to foreigners.