Post by Admin on Jul 13, 2017 13:27:18 GMT
Airbnb host who canceled reservation using racist comment must pay $5,000 (13 July 2017)
"An Airbnb host who canceled a woman’s reservation using a racist remark has been ordered to pay $5,000 in damages for racial discrimination and take a course in Asian American studies.
Dyne Suh, a 26-year-old law clerk, had booked Tami Barker’s mountain cabin in Big Bear, California, for a skiing weekend with friends in February, but Barker canceled the reservation by text message minutes before they arrived,stating: “I wouldn’t rent it to u if u were the last person on earth” and “One word says it all. Asian”."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/13/airbnb-california-racist-comment-penalty-asian-american?CMP=fb_gu
"An Airbnb host who canceled a woman’s reservation using a racist remark has been ordered to pay $5,000 in damages for racial discrimination and take a course in Asian American studies.
Dyne Suh, a 26-year-old law clerk, had booked Tami Barker’s mountain cabin in Big Bear, California, for a skiing weekend with friends in February, but Barker canceled the reservation by text message minutes before they arrived,stating: “I wouldn’t rent it to u if u were the last person on earth” and “One word says it all. Asian”."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/13/airbnb-california-racist-comment-penalty-asian-american?CMP=fb_gu