Post by High Priestess on Feb 25, 2017 16:13:00 GMT
A study by an "Airbnb watchdog" states that most of the hosting revenue in black neighborhoods goes to white hosts, something that would lessen the impact of Airbnb's argument that they are helping the black community through providing folks in black neighborhoods the opportunity to be AIrbnb hosts.
therealdeal.com/2017/02/24/airbnb-revenue-in-black-neighborhoods-mostly-goes-to-white-hosts-study/
therealdeal.com/2017/02/24/airbnb-revenue-in-black-neighborhoods-mostly-goes-to-white-hosts-study/
“Black neighborhoods with the most Airbnb use are racially gentrifying, and the (often illegal) economic benefits of Airbnb accrue disproportionately to new, white residents and white speculators,” the author of the study, Murray Cox, wrote.
The study, conducted by Inside Airbnb (www.insideAirbnb.com), used facial recognition software to determine hosts’ races based on their Airbnb profile photos in the city’s 72 predominantly black neighborhoods.
Whites make up 13.9 percent of the overall population in those neighborhoods, but disproportionately account for 74 percent of the total Airbnb host population, according to the study.
The study, conducted by Inside Airbnb (www.insideAirbnb.com), used facial recognition software to determine hosts’ races based on their Airbnb profile photos in the city’s 72 predominantly black neighborhoods.
Whites make up 13.9 percent of the overall population in those neighborhoods, but disproportionately account for 74 percent of the total Airbnb host population, according to the study.