As disgusting as the host's behavior is, her reasoning is correct: the political atmosphere has approved bigotry, racism, homophobia, and misogyny at the highest levels. Given that, how do we hold the public accountable for those offenses for which we forgive the state?
Airbnb host must pay $5,000 for canceling reservation based on race
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#12I had someone in Palo Alto decline my request because of my gender. Would that be viewed differently in the law?
I'm curious what the circumstances are. The Barker case was open and shut - not only was it racially motivated but the defendant literally sent a text message incriminating herself.
If your host sent you a text message after canceling saying "I hate men, that's why I'm canceling you" I bet you'd find a lawyer who could take the case.
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#13I do not see what forcing a class on someone like this (especially at their age) will accomplish. Does anyone really think a semester long course is going to make her go "well, gee whiz, guess I shouldn't discriminate against those Asians anymore"?
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#14Interestingly racism against asian people is usually not on people's radar, but they do face some significant racism. In particular, they face discrimination in getting into college. Because as a group they tend to make higher grades, they have to get the highest grades/SAT to get into colleges they want.
https://priceonomics.com/post/48794283011/do-elite-colleges-...
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#15This is crazy. I think it also explains why my rental properties have so many minority renters as my wife's picture is our profile picture(she's Asian). I think people see her picture and know instantly that they would never have to deal with this kind of shit. Whereas a picture of my shaved head might not be very reassuring. Personally, 5K seems too light a settlement considering the circumstances.
Could someone explain the downvotes this guy is getting.
While there are logical fallacies, like the implications asians can't be racist, they are the kinds of fallacies renters might use.
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#17> In the video, Suh shows screen shots of the exchange, including a message from Barker saying, “It’s is why we have Trump” and, “I will not allow this country to be told what to do by foreigners.”
Conservatively considering 45% to 48% of the registered Voters voted for Trump, what %age of those voters think like this? => “I will not allow this country to be told what to do by foreigners.”
Alarming.
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#18This is an interesting article. It makes no mention of the controversy leading up to these comments. People generally aren't racist when it comes to money.
The host was triggered into a racist tirade after being informed the renter was bringing 2 extra people and 2 extra dogs. The guest informed her hosts while on route in a snowstorm. It's well within the hosts rights to declare the contractual reservation null and void at this point.
The host screwed up and injected race into the equation, and that is why she is being punished.
This law student seems like a complete entitled idiot that had her reservation cancelled because she tried to impose her own rules on the airbnb owner.
As a law student, she knew how to milk public sympathy and the law system to her benefit. I doubt this will be the last time we hear of this woman.
It doesn't excuse the racist comments, but let's be honest about the situation. She was not denied the rental because the host is a racist. The host was very happy to take her money. Whatever prejudices the host had she ignored and rented out the property until the guest decided she was going to turn the property (I'm assuming) into a giant weekend party
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#19What's crazy is the person could have gotten away with it if they had just not specified why they were cancelling. Not only are they racist, but they want people to know it, aaaand they're stupid enough to message the reason via a channel that is easily linked to the offending situation.
Also:
> The woman, Dyne Suh, a UCLA law student...
That's like picking a fight with someone and they turn out to be an amateur MMA fighter.
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Side-note, does this ruling say anything about AirBnB's legal situation by declaring an AirBnB as a "place of public accommodation"?
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#20I had someone in Palo Alto decline my request because of my gender. Would that be viewed differently in the law?
I'm curious what the circumstances are. The Barker case was open and shut - not only was it racially motivated but the defendant literally sent a text message incriminating herself. If your host sent you a text message after canceling saying "I hate men, that's why I'm canceling you" I bet you'd find a lawyer who could take the case.
Circumstances differ, but they clearly state it was because of gender. It was a declined request, not a cancellation, and there no political overtone to the statement. Not sure about other details like the occupancy, or use by the landlord. But they said they didn't want a male, and that was all.