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0 pointsponker5y ago0 comments

Exactly! The AirBNB setup puts both parties in a vulnerable spot. If people are racist let them can my reservation, I don’t wanna see them either!

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teej5y ago· 2 in thread

This presumably helps Airbnb deplatform racist hosts, which is a better outcome in my opinion.

ponkerOP5y ago

I absolutely do NOT want that. Then hosts will learn to conceal their racism (unless they wanted to be deplatformed, in which case why wouldn’t they deplatform themselves?) and I might accidentally book with them.

hunter2_5y ago

I believe most attempts to counter racism involve shaming racists and therefore result in the concealment of racism rather than lack of racism, unfortunately. Just as teaching a kid to stop picking his nose or similar activities results in concealment more often than stoppage.

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