Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by Its Hosts

Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by untog on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:11PM (#12455553)

Let's say someone is bigoted and they own a company - if you're a potential employee in a group they dislike, do you really want to spend your days in their workplace? Also, what are the chances that the bigoted employer is going to provide a good experience or career progression when required?

...so we're cool with dropping employment discrimination laws too?

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Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by exclusiv on Thursday September 08, 2016 @04:43PM (#12457111)

You're comparing employment with staying at someone's HOME.

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Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by untog on Thursday September 08, 2016 @06:05PM (#12457775)

If you choose to make your home a place of business, you must comply with business rules.

They're providing a service in return for money, they have to declare the earnings from such for tax purposes... there is no line here. A psychiatrist who operates out of a home office has no legal right to discriminate based on race, either.

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Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by wonder_er on Thursday September 08, 2016 @06:52PM (#12458148)

This is a case for dropping employment laws, not enforcing them on a wider class of people.

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Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by untog on Thursday September 08, 2016 @10:21PM (#12459262)

You're saying that evidence AirBnB hosts discriminate racially is a case for dropping employment laws?

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