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Airbnb Partners with NAACP to Combat Discrimination

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Airbnb Partners with NAACP to Combat Discrimination

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Since its inception nearly a decade ago, Airbnb has faced questions from people of color as to whether the company’s worldwide “vacancy” sign really applied to them. The company has been plagued by allegations and several lawsuits, predominantly but not exclusively from African-Americans, claiming discrimination.

Now, as part of its attempt to turn that image around, Airbnb has announced a partnership with the NAACP. The goal is to put teeth in the home-sharing company’s anti-discrimination efforts and to expand the number of people of color who are hosts on the site. The company has revised its policies and introduced more stringent penalties for hosts found to…

Please read original article Airbnb Partners with NAACP to Combat Discrimination posted on Healthy Black Girls on 10 August 2017 | 3:17 pm —

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