Apparently, it's really hard to get an Airbnb room reservation when you're Black.
Just ask 25-year-old Greg Selden. He recently tweeted his story about getting turned down from a racist Airbnb host.
When Selden first attempted to rent a room from a potential host, he was told it was unavailable. He was about to accept his fate and move on when he noticed that the room was still advertised for the dates that he requested.
That's when he decided to create two fake profiles of white men with similar information to his own. He wanted to see if his skin color was to blame.
Read more @ http://www.attn.com/stories/8202/black-airbnb-user-accepted-fake-white-profile
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