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Yes, AirBnB exists in a country with an entrenched legacy of discrimination. What they do about that on their platform is what matters here.
by Kinnard 10y ago
Yes, AirBnB exists in a country with an entrenched legacy of discrimination. What they do about that on their platform is what matters here.
- herbst 10y agoThats my point, what should they do? They created a community run platform, everything they would do now would just make the users angry. Also seriously, what should they do? They cant forbid people to decline users, nobody would use such a platform.
- gohrt 10y ago> They cant forbid people to decline users, nobody would use such a platform. That's absurd. The USA is full of business running on platforms that are forbidden to discriminate against protected classes.
- drivingmenuts 10y agoWhat can they do about it, though? AirBnB doesn't own the property being rented. If it did, an anti-discrimination policy would be easier to enforce. AirBnB is essentially a jazzed-up listing service, not an actual hotelier, that is gouging out a buck while revealing the worst of our society.