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1 of 3 Filmmakers #BlackWhileAirbnb-ing Is Bob Marley’s Granddaughter; Plans to Sue Police Over Excessive Stop [Updated]
Updated: Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 11:15 a.m. EDT: It turns out that one of the three filmmakers who were recently stopped by a swarm of police cars for checking out of an Airbnb is the granddaughter of the late, great reggae singer and prophet Bob Marley. The woman in the photo above has been identified…
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Airbnb Guest Charged With Sexual Assault After Being Discovered Naked in Bedroom With Minn. Host’s 7-Year-Old Daughter: Report
A suspected 28-year-old Michigan creep is facing sexual assault charges after authorities say he was caught naked in a bedroom with his Airbnb host’s 7-year-old daughter. According to the BBC, Derrick Kinchen rented a spare bedroom of a family’s home in Minnetonka, Minn., for a friend’s wedding over the weekend. Police say Kinchen got home…
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Take the Quiz: Danny Glover Joined Airbnb as an Adviser Because …
After a troubled record with minority customers, Airbnb has announced a partnership with one of the most active and well-known black celebrities. The hospitality tech company has partnered with actor and activist Danny Glover, who will serve as an adviser on engaging communities of color. “The history of housing in America is a history of…
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Airbnb: We’re Not Racist! One of Our Best Friends Is Black!
Taking a page from the manual How to Apologize After You’ve Marginalized a Community, Airbnb announced a new partnership with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that will see the company donating money to the NAACP and … Well, it’s not really “donations,” per se. The new agreement is more like revenue…
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Airbnb Deactivates Accounts of People Set to Attend White Supremacist Rally in Va.
If a bunch of white supremacists thought they were going to use Airbnb to book lodging for their upcoming hate rally in Charlottesville, Va., they thought wrong. With its headliner billed as Richard “Punch Me in the Face Please” Spencer, attendees of the “Unite the Right,” a rally being organized by self-described “white activist” Jason…
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Airbnb Host Pushes Black Woman Down Stairs After Late Checkout
The host of an Airbnb in Amsterdam can be seen in a video pushing Sibahle Nkumbi, a black South African woman, down a steep flight of stairs during what is believed to be a racially motivated altercation over her late checkout. In a video interview with journalist Kevin P. Roberson, Nkumbi says that she was…
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Is Airbnb Turning NYC’s Brooklyn White? Airbnb Responds
Editor’s note: A quote by Murray Cox has been added to provide full context. Updated Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 1:38 p.m. EDT: On Monday The Root published this original article, which used data to argue that the home-sharing company Airbnb is being used as a tool for gentrification in Brooklyn, N.Y. After the article was…
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Airbnb Tackles Its Discrimination Allegations Head-On, Establishes New Policies
Earlier this year, home-rental site Airbnb came under heavy scrutiny after black users of the platform took to social media to describe the discrimination they faced. Most noted that after renters saw their photos, which were included in the booking request, they were denied accommodations. The hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack popped up on Twitter and went viral.…
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Airbnb Taps Former Attorney General Eric Holder for Anti-Discrimination Team
Airbnb has tapped former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for its anti-discrimination team as part of the company’s response to #AirbnbWhileBlack, Time magazine reports. In a statement released Wednesday, CEO Brian Chesky said that Holder will be helping to “craft a world-class anti-discrimination policy.” “While we have a policy that prohibits discrimination, we want this…