AirBnB host gets $5000 fine for being a special type of dumbass. OK that wasn’t the court ruling but it should’ve been. Yes I believe a business has a right to contract with anyone they please but to cancel a contract in the final stage and then invoke POTUS Donnie as reasoning, yes you’re a special type of dumbass – PB/TK
Airbnb host must pay $5,000 for canceling reservation based on race – By Hugo Martin / July 13 2017
An Airbnb host who canceled a woman’s reservation because of her race has agreed to pay $5,000 in damages and take a course in Asian American studies, a state regulatory agency announced Thursday.
The host, Tami Barker, told the woman who reserved her Big Bear cabin for a ski vacation in February that she would not rent to an Asian, justifying the action by adding in a text message, “It’s why we have Trump,” referring to President Trump.
The woman, Dyne Suh, a UCLA law student, said she was driving in a snowstorm to the Big Bear cabin when she received the text messages via the Airbnb mobile app. A tearful Suh, standing in the snow, shot a video posted on YouTube, describing her exchange with Barker.
“I’ve been here since I was 3 years old,” she said in the video. “America is my home. I consider myself an American. But this woman discriminates against me because I’m Asian.”
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