Racism is alive and thriving at travel giant, Airbnb.

For years, people have shared demeaning stories that detail a culture of discrimination by Airbnb hosts. One African-American customer reported being turned away by a user, so he changed his avatar to depict a White person. He was accepted, immediately.

Another potential guest told a humiliating account of being rejected by a host-simply for being transgender.

Bigotry is allowed to thrive at Airbnb because the company insists on its users supplying profile pictures to use the services they offer. If they care enough, they will change that requirement.

Tell Airbnb to stop subjecting it users to discrimination and end its policy that forces people to have profile photos for booking.

These disturbing stories are not mere speculation; they’re facts. Company executives are well aware of the Harvard Business School study on Airbnb. It uncovered that customers with African-American sounding names were turned down 16% more than users with White sounding names. The research inspired them to act by creating a plan to combat discrimination, but it doesn’t go far enough.

The most problematic issues that enable racism and other discrimination on the site are still intact.  That’s the photo identification rule.

Sign the petition and challenge Airbnb to stop supporting inequality on its site. Say no to hate. Stop forcing users to have photo identification on their profile.

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