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I think the headline is a bit misleading. Racist would mean that hosts don't want to rent their apartment to people of other races (ie whites only wanting to r

by omonra 13y ago

I think the headline is a bit misleading. Racist would mean that hosts don't want to rent their apartment to people of other races (ie whites only wanting to rent to other whites). Here it seems that hosts are making a judgement call about the renter and using race as a parameter. They appear to have no problem renting to Asians or Indians, just have an issue with one particular ethnicity. Wouldn't a more accurate headline be - 'Airbnb hosts don't want to rent to black customers' (even if it's highly anecdotal)?

vishaldpatel 13y ago
Racial discrimination is when someone is discriminated on the basis of their race. It doesn't matter how friendly the perpetrator is to people of other races.
- omonra 13y ago
  Right - but you appreciate the difference between someone a) disliking all races different from one's own b) using one's life experience to form opinions about people and grouping them by - age / race / occupation / ethnicity / etc. I think that using same word is wrong - as they are completely different phenomena.
  - true_religion 13y ago
    Disliking all races different from your own is xenophobic. There is a different word for it. :)
  - lhc- 13y ago
    I dont think its really that different of a phenomenon. Item a) is a lot extrapolating item b) to everyone who doesn't share your race. Also, its completely possible to be racist against members of your own race, which still qualifies as racist behavior. Basically, the general definition of racism is more about prejudice against one or more races, rather than about uplifting one specific race above everything else.
mikeklaas 13y ago
You don't have to be equally racist against all ethnicities to be called racist.
natrius 13y ago
No one limits their usage of "racist" to the scenario you described, so that's not what it means. Your situation is racial supremacy, which is a special kind of racist.
- omonra 13y ago
  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racist http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racist That is what it means, at least according to the dictionary.

by omonra 13y ago

vishaldpatel 13y ago

Racial discrimination is when someone is discriminated on the basis of their race. It doesn't matter how friendly the perpetrator is to people of other races.

omonra 13y ago
Right - but you appreciate the difference between someone a) disliking all races different from one's own b) using one's life experience to form opinions about people and grouping them by - age / race / occupation / ethnicity / etc. I think that using same word is wrong - as they are completely different phenomena.
- true_religion 13y ago
  Disliking all races different from your own is xenophobic. There is a different word for it. :)
- lhc- 13y ago
  I dont think its really that different of a phenomenon. Item a) is a lot extrapolating item b) to everyone who doesn't share your race. Also, its completely possible to be racist against members of your own race, which still qualifies as racist behavior. Basically, the general definition of racism is more about prejudice against one or more races, rather than about uplifting one specific race above everything else.

mikeklaas 13y ago

You don't have to be equally racist against all ethnicities to be called racist.

natrius 13y ago

No one limits their usage of "racist" to the scenario you described, so that's not what it means. Your situation is racial supremacy, which is a special kind of racist.

omonra 13y ago
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racist http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racist That is what it means, at least according to the dictionary.