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Airbnb foes are stepping up their attack with a new campaign that claims the
room-rental site has a race problem.
A 30-second TV spot, which will air starting Tuesday in New York and five
other cities where Airbnb has a big presence, is narrated by a black Airbnb
user who says she is constantly turned down by racist hosts.
“I get declined all the time on Airbnb. Hosts would have one excuse after
another,” she says. “We deserve better.”
The campaign is funded by ShareBetter.org, a coalition of New York
politicians, housing advocates and hotel companies that argue that Airbnb,
which is run by CEO Brian Chesky, poses a number of problems for users. The
spot was a six-figure investment, said a spokesman for the group.
Earlier this month, Airbnb was sued by a black man in Washington federal
court, claiming he was rejected by a host because of his race.
“We are committed to doing everything we can to create a community that is
fair for everyone,” Airbnb said in a statement. “We have not seen this ad,
but we know the big hotel lobbyists who paid for it will do all they can to
mislead people about Airbnb.”
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maybe i should start a class action lawsuit too... i was definitely
discriminated by those airbnb hosts in europe...
my real profile, featuring my asian face, asian name, verified, no negative
comments, requested a room, got turned down by the host alleging that the
date is not available
i set up a fake profiled, UNVERIFIED< featuring an white female face, and a
white female name, requested a room, got accepted!
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当用户变多,airbnb不再是一小部分人在用的时候,它自己描述的那个有热情好客
culture的community也就不可能实现了。毕竟基数越大,就越接近现实世界,赚钱和美
名不可兼得。airbnb现
在不去掉profile picture来强制避免racism是因为它说去掉profile picture有损它的
culture,可维持这个所谓的culture本来就是很矛盾的。反正大多数host用bnb是为了
赚钱,用户用bnb也是为了省钱,没多少人是因为culture而来,索性不如它们自己想通
点,不搞这种噱头。
但话说回来,就算去掉profile picture,名字也能看出来是哪个种族。要想系统性避
免歧视,只有像uber那样强制派单。
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