Six months ago, tech entrepreneur Rohan Gilkes tried to rent a cabin in Idaho over the July 4 weekend, using the website Airbnb. All seemed well, until the host told him her plans had changed: she needed to use the cabin herself. Then a friend of Rohan’s tried to book the same cabin on the same weekend, and his booking was immediately accepted. Rohan’s friend is white; Rohan is black.
半年前,科技創業者羅恩?吉爾克斯(Rohan Gilkes)嘗試通過Airbnb網站預訂愛達荷州的一間小屋,在美國獨立日長周末使用。一切似乎都很順利,直到房主告訴他,她的計劃有變:她自己需要使用那間小屋。之后,羅恩的一個朋友試著在同樣時間預訂那間小屋,他的預訂被迅速接受了。羅恩的朋友是白人;羅恩是黑人。
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