Article: "Let's force homeowners to open their doors to all"
Sept 23, 2016 14:49:29 GMT
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Post by High Priestess on Sept 23, 2016 14:49:29 GMT
See the article on a Conservative website called "American Thinker." The site's editor THomas Lifson is oriented to national security and preservation of the state of Israel...and you may not share his rather conservative political views, but what this writer GIna Friedlander has to say about Airbnb's nondiscrimination policy I think is appropo
www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/09/lets_force_homeowners_to_open_their_doors_to_everyone.html#.V9gK097KwPx.twitter
www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/09/lets_force_homeowners_to_open_their_doors_to_everyone.html#.V9gK097KwPx.twitter
Airbnb, for its part, has decided to accept these (discrimination) charges as fact and has responded with the following changes: minimizing the use of photos in the booking process, requiring "anti-bias" training for employees, pushing hosts to use a feature that instantly books rooms, and creating a "diversity promoting team." Can they be more politically correct?
The problem is, this entire response is based on buying into a series of falsehoods and one-sided vision. The knee-jerk reaction that anyone claiming discrimination is always a victim and that anyone discriminating for whatever reason is always at fault is just going with the flow of lazy thinking.
This chain of claims and reactions is built on a series of false premises: not only that there is discrimination in the Airbnb "community," but that it's widespread, it needs to be fixed, and we should focus solely on the hosts.
The problem is, this entire response is based on buying into a series of falsehoods and one-sided vision. The knee-jerk reaction that anyone claiming discrimination is always a victim and that anyone discriminating for whatever reason is always at fault is just going with the flow of lazy thinking.
This chain of claims and reactions is built on a series of false premises: not only that there is discrimination in the Airbnb "community," but that it's widespread, it needs to be fixed, and we should focus solely on the hosts.
