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It's not really a secret that some AirBnB hosts discriminate on the basis of race, sexual orientation and other factors when deciding on which guests they allow
by james_pm 10y ago
It's not really a secret that some AirBnB hosts discriminate on the basis of race, sexual orientation and other factors when deciding on which guests they allow to live in their homes.
It's also no surprise that neighbours of those hosts also sometimes discriminate against guests who stay in their neighbourhood.
AirBnB can definitely work towards educating hosts and guests to try to reduce the chances of this happening, but I'm not sure that it's their job to try and fix what is really a societal problem that is reflected in how people use their service.
- MichaelGG 10y agoThe US collects racial information in crime statistics, right? So it should be one evaluation of Bayes' Theorem to demonstrate actual increased risk based on race, if any. Seems like it should be pretty trivial in some areas to demonstrate exactly what the probabilities are (and if they are even relevant if background rate of crime is low).