Airbnb host fined for racist remarks
An AirBnB host who made racist remarks to an Asian-American guest who wanted to rent her accommodation has been fined $5,000.
She was also ordered to attend a course on Asian-American studies and told to do community service with a civil rights organisation.
Tami Barker cancelled Dyne Suh’s booking for the Airbnb in Big Bear, California, at the last minute sending her a message saying: "One word says it all. Asian."
In messages sent via the AirBnB app, Ms Barker said: "I wouldn’t rent it to u if u were the last person on earth."
A later message said: "I will not allow this country to be told what to do by foreigners."
Later she added: "It’s why we have Trump".
The messages are shown in an emotional youtube video made by Ms Suh.
The fine is the first imposed since a partnership between AirBnB and California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), under which the DFEH can investigate discrimination complaints.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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