For some time, there have been claims from black Airbnb users that their booking requests get turned down because of their skin color. After a three-month review lead by Laura Murphy, the former head of the Washington, D.C., office of the American Civil Liberties Union, the online home-sharing service is revising its nondiscrimination policy to better address the issue of racial profiling within its community.
"Unfortunately, we have been slow to address these problems, and for this, I am sorry," said CEO Brian Chesky in a blog post today.
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