Airbnb Vows to Fight Racism, but Its Users Can’t Sue to Prompt Fairness - The New York Times
A recent Harvard working paper has found evidence of discrimination by Airbnb hosts against African American customers. The company has hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to improve its anti-discrimination policies. But facing an Afro-American customer's class action lawsuit for discrimination by an Airbnb host, the company has retained former Solicitor General Neal Katyal and moved to dismiss the action and compel arbitration. The company wants to be treated like a common carrier - avoiding legal responsibility for its "independent contractor" hosts, while compelling the disgruntled to go to arbitration, barring class actions.
A recent Harvard working paper has found evidence of discrimination by Airbnb hosts against African American customers. The company has hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to improve its anti-discrimination policies. But facing an Afro-American customer's class action lawsuit for discrimination by an Airbnb host, the company has retained former Solicitor General Neal Katyal and moved to dismiss the action and compel arbitration. The company wants to be treated like a common carrier - avoiding legal responsibility for its "independent contractor" hosts, while compelling the disgruntled to go to arbitration, barring class actions.
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