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Airbnb Host Hurls Racial Slurs Before Evicting Black Guests

Airbnb Host Hurls Racial Slurs Before Evicting Black Guests

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Jun 05, 2019
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Airbnb Host Hurls Racial Slurs Before Evicting Black Guests
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A group of friends who were staying at an Airbnb in New York City on Saturday, June 1 were evicted from a townhouse by their host who called them “monkey.” In a viral Twitter thread, user Kartoon_1911, who was identified as Kenneth Simpson by The Washington Post, posted several tweets and two videos about the incident. Simpson wrote that he and a group …

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