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Re:I’m a black man. Here’s what happened when I booked an Ai... by wayn3 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @08:34AM (#13866948)
in order to do that they would first have to profile their customers for race. thats not exactly legal either.
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Re:I’m a black man. Here’s what happened when I booked an Ai... by muninn_ on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @08:57AM (#13867103)
No they don't, they can just say this person disproportionally rejects people of whatever race or prejudice. No need to state the host's race.
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Re:I’m a black man. Here’s what happened when I booked an Ai... by wayn3 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @08:59AM (#13867119)
Not the hosts race, the potential renters race. In order for Airbnb to say someone of race {race} got rejected, they have to know, or guess, their race. Whether they ask for that on the application or look at the pictures, its probably illegal.
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Re:I’m a black man. Here’s what happened when I booked an Ai... by inlineint on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @09:16AM (#13867224)
They could add button "Report discrimination" for rejected potential renters and then ask them what type of discrimination they want to report. Then they wouldn't need to guess anyone's race.
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Re:I’m a black man. Here’s what happened when I booked an Ai... by muninn_ on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @09:25AM (#13867300)
Exactly. There is no serious reason why they can't do this.
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