Post by High Priestess on Jul 21, 2016 4:44:15 GMT
See the blog here:
blog.airbnb.com/an-update-on-the-airbnb-anti-discrimination-review/
In the blog, they refer several times to racism, but not to other forms of discrimination. I will be interested to see what they come up with for an anti-discrimination policy.
BTW, I know a host who went to the training on "Unconscious Bias" at the last Airbnb Open. He said it was a lousy workshop, not worth his time. He thought it was fluffy and when real example issues/difficult situations that hosts face were brought up, the presenters had no response to offer. They had nice tidy PC theories, he thought, but were thrown for a loop by reality.
blog.airbnb.com/an-update-on-the-airbnb-anti-discrimination-review/
We are honored that former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to join our team to help craft a world-class anti-discrimination policy. Holder will be working with John Relman, a leading civil rights attorney and national expert on fair housing and public accommodation issues. While we have a policy that prohibits discrimination, we want this policy to be stronger. And we will require everyone who uses our platform to read and certify that they will follow this policy.
Our team and outside experts have also highlighted the importance of fighting both explicit racism and the implicit biases that can lead to discrimination. Last year, we made unconscious bias training available to hosts who attended the Airbnb Open. We recently asked Dr. Robert W. Livingston of Harvard University to help us improve these trainings and ensure they are available to more members of our community. Dr. Livingston is nationally recognized for his work in developing comprehensive programs to address implicit racism. Additionally, we are adding new employees whose full-time job will be to detect and address instances of discrimination.
Our team and outside experts have also highlighted the importance of fighting both explicit racism and the implicit biases that can lead to discrimination. Last year, we made unconscious bias training available to hosts who attended the Airbnb Open. We recently asked Dr. Robert W. Livingston of Harvard University to help us improve these trainings and ensure they are available to more members of our community. Dr. Livingston is nationally recognized for his work in developing comprehensive programs to address implicit racism. Additionally, we are adding new employees whose full-time job will be to detect and address instances of discrimination.
In the blog, they refer several times to racism, but not to other forms of discrimination. I will be interested to see what they come up with for an anti-discrimination policy.
BTW, I know a host who went to the training on "Unconscious Bias" at the last Airbnb Open. He said it was a lousy workshop, not worth his time. He thought it was fluffy and when real example issues/difficult situations that hosts face were brought up, the presenters had no response to offer. They had nice tidy PC theories, he thought, but were thrown for a loop by reality.
