BREAKING: Today, we’re demanding that @airbnb end policies that prevent people with arrest and conviction records — often the result of interactions with the criminal legal system that took place years ago — from using their platform.
Our demand letter, signed with @bronxdefenders, @legalactioncenter, @justiceandopp, and @cssnyorg, condemns Airbnb’s racist and anti-Black policy of turning away people who have been impacted by the criminal legal system. aclu.org/letter/aclu-ci…
While @airbnb voices support for #BlackLivesMatter and pays lip service anti-discrimination, they refuse to end discriminatory policies rooted in systemic racism that allow them to ban people with conviction records from their platform.
The criminal legal system unjustly and disproportionately targets Black communities, meaning that Airbnb’s discriminatory policies disproportionately exclude Black people from both affordable travel options and income opportunities as hosts. usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
@Airbnb must honestly acknowledge this reality and STOP using conviction records as a basis for banning users.
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